Jennifer Grossi

SPOILERS: Tropes. The usual gun slinging, angry spouses, threats. Lacks connection with any of the characters. Psychotic bad guy, vengeful siblings, estranged love child. Time filler if you are bored. Definitely needs deeper connections, emotion, drama- this is child's play.

Yes- gaps, rushed, errors, 1. Son never refuted being at scene. 2. Shannon would have been f***** up after that beating 3. Chatholics never wear rosaries. But, in real life people lie, avoid, mislead. Lawyers and cops have to guess, sift through nonsense. I like that it was not fluid, because real life crime is NOT cinematic

It’s definitely worth watching but like so many of today’s dramas, they leave things unsaid where most people would have a screaming match. It gets frustrating when so many new shows have a sniveling teen that adults are always apologizing to for being human.

Anyone who has ever grieved alone yet carried the responsibility of motherhood would be captivated by the connection to desperation, guilt, loneliness, fatigue and mental exhaustion versus the pleading heart of a child to be nurtured, grow, explore, and to be cherished. An interwoven maze of a child and mother navigating the same current but with very different tools and expectations. Guilt v innocence, desolation v wonder, exhaustion v energy, withdrawal v exploration. A team fighting against itself, fighting for individual survival, fighting for collective survival, fraught with resentment, laden with love. The ultimate representation of the cognitively dissonant relationship humans have with life and death. Unparalleled! Kudos to Kent!

This is not a wilderness survival movie- this is about finding reasons to live when you have lost sight of purpose. It’s a movie about the ultimate questions-do I want to live again, feel again, love again, tryst again and mostly feel hope again. It’s moody and doesn’t appeal to “feel-gooders”. But if you have ever been in that dark abysmal place we’re grief and hopeless are thicker than hot lava- scorching your soul- you’ll get it. Maybe it will help you find those slivers that allow you to believe you might find hope again.