7.2 stars.
"Sweet Carolina" is just a bit too edgy for my taste. Josie is rendered as a twit on too many occasions to recover any semblance of competency. While I think the tension is pure and somewhat realistic, there is no way it goes to such lengths in any family dynamic that I'm familiar with. As she unknowingly risks the children's emotional well-being repeatedly, we must ask whether her motives are being misinterpreted or not. In my opinion there is some logic to the writer's aims to make a very dire situation more visceral, thereby bolstering her good intentions when she ultimately wins them over. When all is said and done it was somewhat of a failed attempt and left me a little confounded. When you depict loss so intensely, you must amply soften the blows.
There are some unanswered questions, such as: why do they all live under the same roof? Not just the children and her, but Grandma and grandpa, and even the brother all seem to live together. Cooper is the love interest and ex-boyfriend, and yet his screen time is severely limited. I am perplexed that an actor as savvy as Hynes is swept aside like an afterthought. In conclusion, this film's attempts to focus on the altruistic traits of a wayward female shifts into a crude experiment lacking any sustainability.
"Sweet Carolina" is just a bit too edgy for my taste. Josie is rendered as a twit on too many occasions to recover any semblance of competency. While I think the tension is pure and somewhat realistic, there is no way it goes to such lengths in any family dynamic that I'm familiar with. As she unknowingly risks the children's emotional well-being repeatedly, we must ask whether her motives are being misinterpreted or not. In my opinion there is some logic to the writer's aims to make a very dire situation more visceral, thereby bolstering her good intentions when she ultimately wins them over. When all is said and done it was somewhat of a failed attempt and left me a little confounded. When you depict loss so intensely, you must amply soften the blows.
There are some unanswered questions, such as: why do they all live under the same roof? Not just the children and her, but Grandma and grandpa, and even the brother all seem to live together. Cooper is the love interest and ex-boyfriend, and yet his screen time is severely limited. I am perplexed that an actor as savvy as Hynes is swept aside like an afterthought. In conclusion, this film's attempts to focus on the altruistic traits of a wayward female shifts into a crude experiment lacking any sustainability.