Erich Wiborny

"The Unforgivable" shows Sandra Bullock as a convicted murderer, who is released from prison tries to reconnect with her younger sister. She is tentatively aided by a couple, who do not know her well; the truly formidable Viola Davis and Vincent D'Onofrio. But other than that, the entire movie feels soulless. We watch a lot of movement. Each one seems to carry a tag. Bullock sticks for all of the 114 min run-time with only four different facial expressions, each one of them about as nuanced as a Kabuki mask. Bullock may be nice, but acting is not her forte. Instead, the make-up department carries the film. A white rim around Bullock's mouth akin that cream Nordic skiers use when they are out in the ice seems to indicate: "harsh, cold world". Bullock's perpetually raised eyebrows, clenched mouth and narrowed eyes complete a face in "mourning pose". At no turn in the film there is any surprise or that good old messy jolt that makes a viewer feel something. Anything? Don't crucify me. A lot of people love that film. I do not want to attack them. But Davis and D'Onofrio where the only ones, who felt human to me.