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Friday, August 20, 2021
Sweet Girl (2021)
Streaming Services: Netflix Movie Name/Year: Sweet Girl (2021) Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller Length: 109 minutes Rating: R Production/Distribution: ASAP Entertainment, On The Roam, Pride of Gypsies,
Netflix Director: Brian Andrew Mendoza Writers: Gregg
Hurwitz, Philip Eisner Actors: Jason Momoa, Isabela Merced,
Adria Arjona, Amy Brenneman, Brian Howe, Justin Bartha, Katy M. O'Brian, Lex
Scott Davis, Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, Michael Raymond-James, Nelson Franklin,
Reggie Lee Blurb from IMDb: A devastated husband vows to bring justice to the people responsible for his wife's death while protecting the only family he has left, his daughter.
Cat’s Point of View: Selina and I both listed Sweet
Girl as our #5 pick for the Top
20 Movies to Look Out For in August 2021, and for similar reasons. Between
the cast and the story the trailer alluded to, Sweet Girl seemed like a sure bet. The US Healthcare system is woefully broken. The attempts to
try and level the playing field to make healthcare more affordable have been
nerfed and undermined at every turn, so that it’s not even a good temporary
bandage for the hemorrhagic situation. It’s disgusting how these big companies
are bleeding people dry, or simply only offering the well-to-do the options for
treatment.
Now, there are some that do go out of their way to try and
help the patients that rely on their medicines. I’ve been relatively lucky with
the company that makes my MS medicine which has kept me stable for going on 7
years now. They offer copay assistance programs and help to secure grants for
medicine costs. Even with Medicare coverage, if I had to pay my 20% of the
medicine cost out-of-pocket, it would be $2,000.00 per month. I am thankful
every day for the help that I’ve received – but there are too many that aren’t
as lucky. There are too many deciding between food and shelter and lifesaving
medicine. It’s hard not to go on a bit of a rant tangent when subjects
like this come up. It’s something I can’t ignore and hits close to home for me.
Pardon my digression.
What I got out of the trailer for Sweet Girl was Jason Momoa’s (Bullet
to the Head, Frontier, See) character going on an action-filled
revenge-fueled quest to expose a Big Pharma executive for the actions that led
to the death of his wife. The pressing question here is whether or not the
movie delivered. The verdict? Sort of. Was it as good as I was expecting? I’m
still processing through that. Sweet Girl is
proving to be a bit divisive with audiences. I’ve seen critics argue that the
film tries to do too much, that it’s predictable, and that it was too long. I
can give them a couple of those points. It was on the long side for an action
movie, and there were predictable elements within the story.
At the same time, one shouldn’t expect that diving down the
Big Pharma rabbit hole would be cut and dry. I appreciated the layers within
the story, and there were some twists that I didn’t exactly see coming. Now
that the credits have rolled and I reflect on Sweet Girl, though, I can see
some of the breadcrumbs that were left along the way. I do feel that I must put my foot down and disagree with
those that were unhappy with Isabela Merced’s (Sicario: Day of the Soldado, Instant Family, Spirit Untamed)
performance. Were we watching the same movie? I thought she kicked ass and
captured the nuances of her character well. I’d have to say that while I wasn’t disappointed in Sweet Girl, it could have used a little
more polish. That being said, I generally enjoyed the experience and can only
recommend that anyone on the fence simply give it a shot and see for yourself.
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