This is a drama about a lawyer who has lost her footing. Kate Beckinsale plays the Cate a Lawyer and mother struggling with her career and motherhood because of an alcohol abuse problem. Most roles are very well played, but they are also mostly people who are deeply flawed. The idealist Cate has a hard time navigating the cynical world of the courtroom and carries her failures with her. We follow her struggle to learn to deal with this without alcohol and trying to find a way to be a good mother.
It doesn't try to tack a Hollywood ending on it, which would have been jarring. Had it felt more original I would have given it an 8, but the feeling of having seen it before drags the score down to 6+
Review of The Trials of Cate McCall
