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In 'Tully,' Charlize Theron And Mackenzie Davis Make A Great (Au) Pair

Director Jason Reitman re-teams with Juno scripter Diablo Cody for a film about an overburdened mother and her nanny that's "a little bit funny, a bigger bit cruel, and with it all, oddly moving."
A night nanny (Mackenzie Davis) and a harried mother (Charlize Theron) develop an unusual relationship in <em>Tully. </em>

When it comes to undercutting her glam loveliness for the sake of a meaty role, Charlize Theron is the champ of champs. Meaty's the word: Having packed on the pounds and several tons of vicious attitude to play serial killer Aileen Wuornos in 2003's and shed a (virtual) limb or two for 2015's , Theron comes to us in Jason Reitman's lugging a baby bump so massive, you can barely see her bringing up the fleshy rear.

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