Miss You, Love You

Diane seen outdoors

How angry would you be if your life partner suddenly died and your son sent an employee along to help with the funeral, rather than turning up himself? That is the opening position of Miss You, Love You, an unusual two-hander running largely on bile. One of life’s great joys is watching Allison Janney playing righteously angry women and there’s plenty of that going on here. Furious Diane Patterson (Janney) on one side and meekly apologetic Jamie Simms (Andrew Rannells) on the other. The grieving wife and the office assistant, she needing help at this time… just not him. And Jamie there because he’s being paid to be, he’d probably rather be anywhere … Read more