This does an excellent job exploring grief. The self-destructive behavior that only very temporarily makes you feel alive and has long-term consequences, and the way that you can turn the person you lost into a perfect saint in your mind only to later come to realize that it was more complicated than that. This is the best work I've seen from the extremely talented Reese Witherspoon. I do concur with those who say that this is very much Oscar bait, and would probably be better if they weren't so focused on the Golden statue.
I always appreciate when progressive movies like this are willing to make their characters very complex. We no longer need to make movies that make every member of a minority out to be flawless. It's not working anyway. Conservatives just make up lies even when you point to one of the few people who's never made a single mistake. The vast majority of the negative user reviews that I read of this misrepresent at least one major thing each. You would think they would be eager about something that is this honest about a woman making mistakes, but somehow it doesn't go far enough. Maybe it's the fact that it suggests that redemption is possible. 7/10.
I always appreciate when progressive movies like this are willing to make their characters very complex. We no longer need to make movies that make every member of a minority out to be flawless. It's not working anyway. Conservatives just make up lies even when you point to one of the few people who's never made a single mistake. The vast majority of the negative user reviews that I read of this misrepresent at least one major thing each. You would think they would be eager about something that is this honest about a woman making mistakes, but somehow it doesn't go far enough. Maybe it's the fact that it suggests that redemption is possible. 7/10.