Wally Raven

Honestly a painful watch. Nicole Kidman's character had no real characterization outside of a nebulous job as a writer, being a widow, and wanting to bang Zac Effron. Joey King's character was the first person we meet in the movie, presented to be the main character, but no relationships with her were fleshed out and she was simultaneously presented to be an antagonist brat in the story of her mother's revitalized love life. Zac Effron portrays a toxic boss who never has to actually come to terms with how unprofessional he is. There's the feeling through the whole movie which is just seeing how far these characters can push each other before something breaks. Joey King cares about Zac Effron but is protective over Nicole Kidman because he's presented as a playboy. Nicole Kidman straight up doesn't believe her daughter who has worked for this man for two years could possibly recognize his playboy exterior, which is insane to me because before she meets him, she simultaneously encourages her to stand up to her boss and accuses her of giving up on opportunities when she quits. This movie suffers from not knowing what message it's going for and ultimately lands on a message that a daughter who is put in an understandably uncomfortable position was actually a toxic and abusive boss in her mother's life when she was a teenager and because of that it would actually be terrible of her and denying her mother personhood to not want her mother to be banging her toxic boss. I'm tired frfr