Kianna B.

This movie was extremely refreshing, yet unrealistic on many levels. Most movies have the subconscious stereotype of female protagonists being the ones always getting beaten or gotten the best of until someone swoops down and saves them from their situation. Or, the female lead is left helpless the entire movie. Also, if a movie is lgbtq+ romance it’s always heavily sexualized, emphasis of the heavy. Or used to make the lead seem “different” or “especially evil” *rolling my eyes* However, this movie was neither a feel-good movie and it certainly wasn’t a stereotypical female lead. The main character, Marla, is cunning, money-oriented, and knows how to get what she wants. Imagine the great things she could do if she wasn’t so evil! She has all the connections and means to literally use defenseless elderly for her own gain. It’s abhorrent, yet the movie perfectly highlights an issue that is very real, and not just a myth in nursing homes. It pinpoints the exact ways caregiving homes and the intentions behind them can be abused. They made the main villainess unapologetic, which I love. The lawyer told her she was going to regret everything, yet she didn’t. (And she never planned to!) what did he expect? she’s obviously evil. The movie actually showed pure love between two female characters. (Or slightly pure) And they didn’t make one of them confused about her sexuality. Lastly, the ending showed that despite everything going our way, for good or bad reasons, something ALWAYS happens. Either life gets in the way, karma strikes, or God’s balancing the world again, hell maybe all three. The ending was probably the most realistic aspect of this whole movie. Now moving on to the parts of the movie that would not happen in real life. 1. Marla getting out of the car alive. Unless she has mermaid like abilities in water, she wouldn’t not have been able to hold her breath that long. Also, the producers didn’t factor in shock. She woke up mid-air in a car driving off a cliff- that’s enough to shock anyone immobile. 2. The mafia’s ability to not kill anyone (who mattered) They literally went through the whole movie only killing the guard in the nursing home and the doctor. It doesn’t make sense that Fran was left alive albeit unconscious. They should’ve killed her and made it look like she left the stove on. 3. Marla not raising anyone’s suspicions. Someone is always checking your work. Always. Her ability to have connections with so many people and not have her whole operation exposed is crazy. Especially with the judge. Someone’s conscience wins out over money-occasionally. There were more little tid-bits but that’s the gist of it. This is a movie I would definitely watch again and again with friends, but not in my own free time.