what's going on tomorrow movie fans out there elliott back again with a brand new movie review
and today we're discussing a new netflix drama by the name of unforgivable a film i was really
looking forward to based on the stellar cast did it live up to my expectations we're gonna break it
all down here in this spoiler-free review and i'm gonna let you all know if it's worth checking out
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pros your cons did the cast live up to your expectations did you enjoy the narrative or were
you disappointed were you not a fan of this film overall let's discuss it all in the comments below
so going into this new netflix drama as you all know i review a lot of netflix content movie and
shows and netflix movies are a little bit 50 50 for me but when i saw this trailer i mean sandra
bullock viola davis john berthold vincent dinarfio stellar cass it looked like it had a lot of heart
and emotion looked like there might have been an oscar-worthy performance by sandra bullock let's
talk about it starting off my positives first and foremost i think for the most part this is one of
those films that the performance truly does carry a somewhat lackluster story that we'll talk about
a little bit later but i want to start off talking with sandra bullock who gets the most screen time
i mentioned the cast is incredible i'll talk about that cast a little bit later because i feel like
they might have been wasted but we'll get into that in my cons but sandra bullock she plays this
character by the name of roof now i don't know if you all have seen the trailer but based on
the synopsis i'll just give you the basic bare bone minimum she is you know she was convicted
for a crime over 20 years ago she spent 20 years in the prison cell i won't say what she did even
though the trailer says it alludes to it but i won't say what her crime was but let's just say
the crime that she did once you come out and once people learn what you did it's one of those crimes
where people going to look at you differently it's one of those crimes and it's going to be difficult
to find a job and that's what i really enjoyed about this narrative is showing roof trying to
implement herself back into society because based on this violent crime that she did which she
doesn't have remorse for and you all will kind of get that with her character when you see the film
but seeing her try to get a job seeing her try to get into relationships and once people find out
who she is what she did seeing her deal with those consequences and living with
those ramifications of which she did 20 years ago and why she did it was the best element of this
film and i thought that sandra bullock who i mean come on do i have to uh you know repeat
her filmography she's been one of the best actresses that's worked in her time she can
play anything right we've seen her in comedy we've seen her in romances and seeing her in drama she's
just a fantastic actress and i thought that she really sold me on someone that has this regret
but doesn't want to show her vulnerability she has this mission of finding her younger sister
who she lost based on that crime and again trying to get back into society was something i thought
sandra bullock did a great job at and i mentioned the great cast man again i mentioned john berthold
a couple weeks ago with king richard he's really great in this film he's not in it that much but
when he is on screen he has his relationship with ruth that i thought was authentic and really had
a lot of heart and emotion viola davis one of my favorite actresses working ever in hollywood
she's unfortunately not in it that much but she does have if you saw the trailer that moment when
her and roof were having a confrontation about who she is and the decision she makes she has to live
with that decision that seems fantastic and that's the best scene that viola davis has because that's
really all that she gets to do in the film vincent dinarfio another fantastic actor i thought that he
was great but a very small role so for the most part the acting even though they were small roles
small i don't want to say cameos but didn't have a lot to do they were memorable moments in the
film so i thought that was great and again going back to that narrative i thought when the film was
at its best touching on being locked into jail and what the system can do to you once you come
out of jail i thought that the narrative there was a really strong point in the film the emotions for
the most part it took a while for me to get in my fields but once we see ruth on this journey
to discovering where is my sister can i contact my sister what does that conversation look like
for the mistake i did 20 years ago i think that's when the film was at its absolute best but going
to my criticisms i already kind of alluded to it i feel like for the most part besides
sandra bullock i feel like most of the cast was unutilized they were kind of underused yes i know
the narrative kind of focused on ruth and her kind of being re-implemented and being kind of
reapplied to the society getting a job finding love and all that stuff but i felt like man
it could have been more for viola character viola davis to do more for john berthold so
i feel like it was kind of wasted talent talent in this film and then there is a subplot that i
don't want to give too much away but i mentioned that she does a crime and we get to see the side
of the family that was affected by the crime right from the person that the the the violent
crime she took place there's obviously another side of the family how did it affect their lives
it was an interesting narrative but when it came to the execution of those characters this is these
two brothers one is kind of a goofy character brother who wants revenge and other character
is kind of trying to move on with his life but he kind of gets swept back into the narrative
that stuff to me could have been so much stronger by the time we get to the end result the third act
they pulled something i thought completely undermined that relationship that those brothers
had and just kind of made an unnecessary scene of the brother doing something against his other
brother that thought was kind of completely unnecessary and then once the character has a
confrontational booth i feel like it could have been more fleshed out so i do think that that
subplot which does end up being a really important uh main thread in the movie which is very kind
of undervalued and kind of underwhelming from my personal opinion and then going into i mentioned
that there are emotional beats i think that when you see this film and once you get to the ending
it hits at least it hit me when we get that particular moment but leading up to it man i
gotta say the narrative was very kind of paint by the numbers there was nothing really new that the
film had to add in regards to a woman doing this violent crime what does it look like in regards
to her her psyche and just a society looking at her it touches on that but it doesn't really have
nothing new to say to that narrative and again supplementing it with these great actors who i
thought they gave more in their role than what the script gave them i thought that the overall
narrative of how society looks at this woman could have been more fleshed out than what it actually
was so i thought there was a missed opportunity to really kind of add more to the conversation
the direction was okay i believe this is the director's first time directing anything
at this type of value in this type of cast i thought the direction was just kind of
directionless i didn't feel like it had enough personality enough kind of you know spunk to
really kind of bring out the emotional draw that i thought that all three acts should have had so i
thought the direction was just kind of like anyone could direct this film and my personal opinion so
those are kind of my main criticisms before i give you all my overall thoughts if this worth is
checking out on netflix make sure if you haven't already make sure to like share comment and
subscribe overall this film has good intentions it has some really good performances led by sandra
bullock but i thought that the subplots weren't that strong there was kind of an underused value
of these incredible actors and just overall i didn't think it had that much to say about this
crime and how society looks at people coming out of jail especially women coming out of jail but
overall i will say i'm a fan of when films give me emotional residence and give me something at
the end even though it kind of missed the ball and kind of dropped the ball leading up to that point
overall i would say i would give this a watch i'm gonna give the unforgettable a solid three out of
five it's not great it's not a failure but it has some things that i could take away from
even though i thought that it kind of missed some opportunities and telling more of this
narrative so that's my thoughts on it the film will be available today by the time this video
is out and once you all have seen it what you think about it pros cons thoughts on
performances direction what worked what didn't work let's talk about it all in the comments
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