What an absolute snooze of a film. My husband asked me multiple times if I'd like to leave the theater early, but alas, I had to finish it out to make sure there was no saving grace.
1. How does one forget which classmate raped them, multiple times, where they'd throw out an unfounded accusation at someone? This is written off as a "shrug" when Jessica's character realises this guy didn't even live in her city or go to her school when she was assaulted.
2. Does Hollywood expect us to not care about consent? A man with such advanced early onset dementia that he forgets where he's going or where he lives cannot consent to a sexual relationship with his caregiver who is also a social worker that just so happens to look like his dead wife. This man thinks he's with his dead wife yet his caregiver quits so that she can now sleep with her charge? No wonder his brother was furious - this is an egregious abuse of a vulnerable person. The movie glosses over this.
3. What was with Jessica's character's brother-in-law telling her to leave his house for confronting her mother for making excuses for her dad raping her? The brother-in-law should be more supportive of Jessica's character in that instance rather than protecting his mother-in-law from tough conversations. Why he acts like this was never explored. It was weird.
Hard pass on this movie.
1. How does one forget which classmate raped them, multiple times, where they'd throw out an unfounded accusation at someone? This is written off as a "shrug" when Jessica's character realises this guy didn't even live in her city or go to her school when she was assaulted.
2. Does Hollywood expect us to not care about consent? A man with such advanced early onset dementia that he forgets where he's going or where he lives cannot consent to a sexual relationship with his caregiver who is also a social worker that just so happens to look like his dead wife. This man thinks he's with his dead wife yet his caregiver quits so that she can now sleep with her charge? No wonder his brother was furious - this is an egregious abuse of a vulnerable person. The movie glosses over this.
3. What was with Jessica's character's brother-in-law telling her to leave his house for confronting her mother for making excuses for her dad raping her? The brother-in-law should be more supportive of Jessica's character in that instance rather than protecting his mother-in-law from tough conversations. Why he acts like this was never explored. It was weird.
Hard pass on this movie.