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Pink Moon (2022)
Mediocre movie about a sensitive subject
As can be read in the storyline, the movie deals with the subject of ending life.
Jan, an eldery man, announces that he intends to end his own life 'while he is still good'. The news comes as a shock to his two children. Most of the plot and intrigue, actually most of what the movie has to convey, are in the first half hour. The focus is very much on the character of Iris. All the other characters, even Jan, are reduced to supporting roles, which in my opinion is s severe fault by the director. Iris cannot cope with the decision of her father, denying to herself and others that suicide is a possibility. She tries to sway him back into enjoying and prolonging life, spending almost all of the rest of the movie in doing so. Even the finale is filmed mostly from the viewpoint of Iris, turning away at the last moment, like Iris herself.
The main strength of the movie is that it has the courage to bring a controversial subject to the screen. Yet a heavy subject like this needs far more deep-digging and nuance.