REVIEW: In 'A Good Person,' Florence Pugh plays a young woman dealing with PTSD, a dependency on pills, and personal demons. You know the drill.
, really dialing up the Morgan Freemanity to 10 here), who Allison knew from her life before the accident, will help her get to meetings and, as a recovering alcoholic, offer 12-step mentorship. She will attempt to make amends, notably to Daniel’s granddaughter Ryan , for reasons pertaining to the previously mentioned tragedy. There will be tearful confessions and temporary glimpses of stability, detox tossing and turning, relapses and wake-up calls. You know the drill.
This is the part where we tell you that the writer-director behind this tale of PTSD and pill-popping and personal demons is . We’d been purposefully avoiding this fact, as there’s a good chance that you already have feelings regarding the formerThe Graduate or find it to be grating to the Nth degree — there are no in-betweens with his 2004 dramedy. Any viewer familiar with his work behind the camera know what they’ll be in for before they see a single frame, though the hope is that the gravity of the topic may add some grit to his penchant for earnestness and easy-target emotional hand-wringing.
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