An obsessed fan of a cancelled 90’s sitcom kidnaps its former star and forces her to record the lost episode that was never shot.
This is not a slavery story, it is a freedom story. The viewers only see Harriet as a slave for the first few minutes of the film. To me, it felt like watching the origin story of a superhero…which is both good and bad.
"Hustlers" returns power to groups that are traditionally deprived of it: women, the working class, and sex workers.
We, the Jane Austen aficionados, are suckers for everything and anything under the sun that’s remotely related to her and her world. That’s because we are so drawn to her unique style of fiction, romance, and social commentary, we take any allusion to her influence as a hint to what to expect when we start watching a movie or reading a book.
'The Patient' is bound by four walls and a mediocre ending that leaves you wanting more.
