I was so disappointed with this film. To start with, we're supposed to cheer for the protagonist. But "Daisy" was about the most unlikable teen ever. She was so mean and rude and irritable, (Yeah, I got that her daddy has a new baby and she's jealous. But how can you be so unfriendly to people being super friendly to you?). I just couldn't stand her. Then, there was the whole *SPOILER ALERT* story line of how she fell for her cousin! Really? Are we - the viewers - supposed to be down with this romance? It was disgusting. Oh yeah, and this cousin struck me as possibly having Asperger's Syndrome. (There's nothing wrong with that, but why allude (being non verbal and highly sensitive to loud sounds) to it and not explain it?). And then the big boom happens and fallout and no one appears to be sick from radiation poisoning at any point. And the happy clan of cousins decide to move out of the comfortable house with beds and running water and a bathroom to the barn?! Were they supposed to be hiding? They weren't well hidden at all. It was unbelievably sad *SPOILER AGAIN* when Daisy comes across the pile of dead and find young Isaac. And that was sweet the way she symbolically buried him by burying his glasses, but then she's a mean b*tch to the little girl with blisters covering her feet because she complains about being tired. Oh yeah, and then she finds Eddie, who is beyond damaged, and the war ends and oh happy days again. There is no explanation as to what happened, how the war came to an end and wouldn't some adults have shown up - like maybe her father, who cared enough to send someone from the Embassy with a plane ticket for her at the start of the war. The whole thing reeked. I gave the movie 2 stars because Saoirse Ronan is a really good actress and Tom Holland was a delight and the scenery was gorgeous. Overall, the acting was well done. The script was the great flaw here.
Review of How I Live Now
