The Good Mother (I) (2023)
4/10
Waste of talent
22 September 2023
Warning: Spoilers
Who approved of this movie going into production? The script is absurdly predictable. Without seeing trailer or reading any info, after the cop brother takes the kilo from the kitchen table it is instantly obvious who is involved in what schemes and exactly who is corrupt. Though Olivia Cooke's terrible big black wig does become quite distracting when some scenes she wears it, walks indoors and then has her natural hair in the scene. Maybe the other scenes were reshoots? But it was So Distracting. Now the foolish decisions that character after character make that ultimately result in each characters demise are also distracting. Such as, if you are chased by a car on a road with buildings and yards and parked cars on each side, pro tip: don't jog in a straight line after seeing and hearing the loudly unique engine a block away on a narrowing road without any zigzag or jump over a fence or darting behind a parked car. If you find a just murdered dead guy, pro tip: don't lollygag after you find his phone by looking thru it when you know you should just take it and flee double quick. When you are in a cops house and randomly decide to start dialing numbers with said murdered guys phone, pro tip: when a number you dial results in a phone ringing down in basement below dont Go Looking for the phone itself downstairs when you don't need to possess it for evidence then go downstairs trapping yourself.

These foolish plot points could've been handled much better, easily.
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