A Good Person

2023 Metro Goldwyn Mayer

Rated: R

Length: 2 hrs 8min

Drama

Starring: Florence Pugh, Morgan Freeman, Celeste O’Connor and Molly Shannon.

“Down here, in a world of my own making, the lovers always kiss, the neighbors are always kind, and the trains always take you to the far off places you always swore you’d go. In Life, of course, nothing is nearly as neat and tidy….. Amor Fati.”

Florence Pugh stars as Allison, Molly Shannon as her Mom Diane, Morgan Freeman as Daniel her estranged ex father-in-law to be, and Celeste O’Connor as Daniel’s Granddaughter Ryan. Allison is set to wed Daniel’s son Nathan and travels into the city with her soon to be Brother and Sister in law Molly and Jesse on a wedding dress hunt. Things take a disastrous turn when a backhoe enters the road in front of them in a construction zone.

What follows is a study into the aftermath of that tragedy and how everyone copes and reacts. Florence Pugh and Chinaza Uche as Nathan do an outstanding job of portraying a couple dealing with tremendous grief and loss while trying to navigate forward with their lives. Celeste O’Connor (who I just saw in Madame Web) does a great job playing the feisty coming of age teenager thrust into dealing with the loss of her mother. Molly Shannon is absolutely loveable as the messed up mother trying desperately to help her daughter through her rough patch. Morgan Freeman (One of my all time favorites) is perfect as the Grandpa suddenly trying to raise his teenage niece Ryan by himself.

I really like Florence Pugh, having seen her in Outlaw King (Another good one) with Chris Pine, and Don’t Worry Darling After watching this she is one of my new favorites. I am officially a fan now. Watching her as she deals with the emotional pain of grief and loss, addiction to opioids and suicide was heart-wrenching and painful. She wrote and sang two of the songs in the movie The Best Part and I Hate Myself. Really good, I wondered if she was a musician as well. Her brother is a musician, Toby Sebastian and she was releasing cover songs on Youtube under the name Flossie Rose before she became an actress.

This is truly a great movie. I highly recommend it. And I will definitely watch it again.

Two thumbs Up!