And she's utterly stunningly gorgeous!! Especially during the first ten minutes, but even after being sleep-deprived and put under severe distress, drugged, and physically and emotionally abused by evil corrupt sociopaths. How does Laura do it??!!
The actors who played her parents were dime-a-dozen, forgettable, trying-way-too-hard C-listers. They were borderline-annoying, especially Jill Frankenberry.
But those who played Laura's brother and all of the staff and inmates did a very fine job.
There's no sweet happy ending, which was surprising. No one was forgiven. I guess despite all of the drama and trauma, no one really engaged in any meaningful self-reflecting, or learned any lessons, or swallowed their debilitating pride, or "grew". Laura just moves in with her Jerkstore, self-important brother to his crappy apartment. Why, exactly??!
Another reviewer called this movie realistic. "Realistic" is not a synonym for "dark" or "sad", etc. How does that grammatically-challenged reviewer know this is actually realistic?! What he means, I suspect, is that it's gritty, thought-provoking, and its tone is very serious.
This is a must-see for any Real Man, for Jennie alone. Even on mute.
The actors who played her parents were dime-a-dozen, forgettable, trying-way-too-hard C-listers. They were borderline-annoying, especially Jill Frankenberry.
But those who played Laura's brother and all of the staff and inmates did a very fine job.
There's no sweet happy ending, which was surprising. No one was forgiven. I guess despite all of the drama and trauma, no one really engaged in any meaningful self-reflecting, or learned any lessons, or swallowed their debilitating pride, or "grew". Laura just moves in with her Jerkstore, self-important brother to his crappy apartment. Why, exactly??!
Another reviewer called this movie realistic. "Realistic" is not a synonym for "dark" or "sad", etc. How does that grammatically-challenged reviewer know this is actually realistic?! What he means, I suspect, is that it's gritty, thought-provoking, and its tone is very serious.
This is a must-see for any Real Man, for Jennie alone. Even on mute.