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- 2023
- R
- United Artists Releasing
- 2 h 8 m
- 2023
- R
- United Artists Releasing
- 2 h 8 m
Summary Daniel (Morgan Freeman) is brought together with Allison (Florence Pugh), the once thriving young woman with a bright future who was involved in an unimaginable tragedy that took his daughter’s life. As grief-stricken Daniel navigates raising his teenage granddaughter and Allison seeks redemption, they discover that friendship, forgivene...
- 2023
- R
- United Artists Releasing
- 2 h 8 m
- 2023
- R
- United Artists Releasing
- 2 h 8 m
A Good Person
50
7.6
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Summary Daniel (Morgan Freeman) is brought together with Allison (Florence Pugh), the once thriving young woman with a bright future who was involved in an unimaginable tragedy that took his daughter’s life. As grief-stricken Daniel navigates raising his teenage granddaughter and Allison seeks redemption, they discover that friendship, forgivene...
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 32 Critic Reviews
50
34% Positive
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11 Reviews
47% Mixed
15 Reviews
15 Reviews
19% Negative
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6 Reviews
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 32 Critic Reviews
50
34% Positive
11 Reviews
11 Reviews
47% Mixed
15 Reviews
15 Reviews
19% Negative
6 Reviews
6 Reviews
A work of art such as A Good Person cannot be the product of some casual connection. It’s the product of a soul connection, and I hope Braff and Pugh get another chance to work together.
Even as the film’s plot tips slightly overdramatic, it hits on something that feels very true, especially for viewers who have experience with addicts.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 47 User Ratings
7.6
70% Positive
33 Ratings
33 Ratings
26% Mixed
12 Ratings
12 Ratings
4% Negative
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User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 47 User Ratings
7.6
70% Positive
33 Ratings
33 Ratings
26% Mixed
12 Ratings
12 Ratings
4% Negative
2 Ratings
2 Ratings
[SPOILER ALERT: This review contains spoilers.]
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A Good Person seems to belong to a uniquely Dan Fogelman-esque subgenre of hyper sincere melodrama that sometimes clicks (“This Is Us”) and other times does not (“Life Itself”). Braff’s film is worlds better than “Life Itself,” but there are some similarities in how it strives for cosmic significance and ultimate tearjerking within a construct that the film tries to sell as authentically specific. In execution, it’s a bit more strained and contrived.
Braff is going for something broader than indie naturalism, so perhaps the film calls for less subtle brushstrokes. But the result is something that rings with far less thoughtfulness than he’s clearly capable of (particularly in light of the opioid crisis that the film mentions), despite Pugh’s remarkable attempts to ground the story.
Though Pugh valiantly muscles through the melancholy beats of Braff’s melodrama, there are too many other characters and plot threads to allow her to do much besides heave the story forward.
It is as if Pugh is having to push her way through narrative waters that threaten to wash away her performance. No matter how she continues to rise to the challenge, the film’s cascading of contrivances drown her out.
Braff puts us through a gruelling “relapse” montage as Allison hits the pills again after an illusory breakthrough and then a “recovery” montage as she gets it together. And the film’s single valuable lesson – the one about not looking at your phone while driving – is all but forgotten.
The chemistry between Florence Pugh and Morgan Freeman is the best thing about this movie about addiction, loss, and how to recover from both by accepting help from others.
Pugh does not disappoint as a woman whose life falls apart after a terrible accident, and she certainly manages to get into the role physically and emotionally. It's also nice to see Freeman in an interesting one after a long time, and most surprising of all, he makes it look all too easy.
Zach Braff, who enamored independent film lovers with 'Garden State' a long time ago, delivers a decent film in which the performances are the best part. The script, unfortunately, doesn't live up every time. Although the first two acts navigate the delicate territory of representing an existence as an addict well, the third reaches exaggerated, predictable, and somewhat problematic levels, leaving the exploration of the topic on a superficial level.
And although the story overstays its welcome, the team that Pugh and Freeman make allows you to get to the end.
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(Mauro Lanari)
With some frequency, films with a lenitive intent come out, which seek to replace oxycodone with a support similar to that provided by AMA groups or rehab centers. More rarely they don't get stuck in the shallows of authoriality or blackmail. During the Covid period Zach Braff began to write, direct and act with his then girlfriend Florence Pugh a drama that can be of relief for those who are experiencing pain, suffering, mourning. It takes skill and he proves that he has it.
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Спасибо исполнителям и актёрам за такой прекрасный фильм. Советую посмотреть каждому.
Спасибо ещё раз
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Production Company
Killer Films,
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM),
Elevation Films,
Elevation Pictures,
Killer Films
Release Date Mar 24, 2023
Duration 2 h 8 m
Rating R
Genres
Tagline Sometimes we find Hope where we least expect it.
Awards
BAFTA Awards, Scotland
• 1 Nomination
Hollywood Music In Media Awards (HMMA)
• 1 Nomination