![]() 'Victim/Suspect' on Netflix Is a Must-Watch Doc About Rape Reporting That Will Make Your Blood Boil Robert De Niro Compares His "Evil" 'Killers of the Flower Moon' Character to Donald Trump: "We All Know Who I'm Talking About"Ĭannes Film Festival 2023: 'Killers of the Flower Moon' Is Martin Scorsese's Umpteenth Masterpiece Exploring the Gnarled Mechanics of CrimeĬannes Film Festival 2023: The Infamously Bawdy 'Caligula: The Ultimate Cut' Was Screened - And Dozens Of Cowards Walked Out 'Missing' Ending, Explained: Who Kidnapped Grace Allen? Jack Harlow Calls Out Chick-fil-A’s “Homophobic Chicken Sandwiches” in ‘White Men Can’t Jump’ 'XO, Kitty' Ending Explained: Who Does Kitty End Up With? Stream It Or Skip It: ‘Kathal - A Jackfruit Mystery’ on Netflix, An Indian Police Investigation Gone Silly and Somber 'Platonic' Review: Seth Rogen And Rose Byrne Delight In Another Hit Comedy For Apple TV+ Is 'Love Again' Streaming on HBO Max or Netflix? Gwyneth Paltrow Recalls "British Press Being So Horrible" After Her 'Shakespeare in Love' Oscar Win: "Totally Overwhelming" Stream It Or Skip It: 'Royalteen: Princess Margrethe' on Netflix, the Second in a Series of DOA Norwegian Teen Romances I'm not sure she'd have a need for vengeance after Diana Morgan's arrest, but I bet there's no shortage of corrupt corporations in need of punishment.Seth Rogen Slams Streaming Service Execs for Their "Secretiveness" and "Insane Salaries": "Thank God for These Labor Unions" Plus, there's the possibility of a sequel to Sweet Girl, though I only say that because Rachel got away from her crimes without any punishment. Jason Momoa, Isabela Merced and the rest of the crew of Sweet Girl deserve all the praise they've gotten. I won't sit here and say Sweet Girl was the best movie I saw in 2021, but I'll absolutely say it was a movie worth my time and one that other action movies can learn from. Younger daughter characters are not typically the star of the action film, so again, the subversion of action movie stereotypes made this movie a real treat for me. Ok sure, Momoa has Khal Drogo's early exit in Game of Thrones working against him, but most other times, he's the dude kicking ass and taking names rather than getting his ass kicked. I was so focused on waiting for the shoe to drop on Diana Morgan, I feel like that certainly impacted my ability to see the big twist.Īdditionally, I would say that the fact that Jason Momoa is the obvious action hero in Sweet Girl also masks the idea that he'd die of his wounds in the first act rather ludicrous. Just like in Mission: Impossible and so many other action movies, the person who is transparently working for good is actually the bad guy controlling the whole thing. Take, for example, the fact that Amy Brenneman's Diana Morgan was so openly featured early in the film as a force against BioPharma. I think, whether it was the intention of the filmmakers or not, I was more hung up on some of the more obvious tropes at the beginning of the film that completely threw me off to any obvious signs that Ray Cooper died in the stabbing incident. I'll admit that while I figured out the twist of Sweet Girl in the minutes leading up to the rooftop scene, I hadn't thought about it at all prior to that. Sweet Girl's Twist Is Masked By More Obvious Action Movie Tropes ![]() As an unrelated aside, Merced was also amazing in the Dora The Explorer movie, and those who liked her in Sweet Girl should also watch that. Sweet Girl ultimately delivered a movie that gave plenty of the star it promised, but also a twist and a platform for Isabela Merced to show her skills as an action star in a way that Dora and the Lost City of Gold may not have allowed. Full credit goes to Isabela Merced as well for her role in the action scenes when the time comes, because she keeps the action just as brutal as Momoa did. It's only after the big reveal that Ray has actually been Rachel the whole time that the charade is dropped the transformation happens. Fortunately, Sweet Girl found a way to pack in an intriguing twist, but also appease the audience who showed up to see Momoa do what he does best.Ģ/3rds of Sweet Girl has Jason Momoa front and center in the action sequences. Make no mistake, had Momoa died less than 30 minutes into the movie and we saw Rachel take control of the movie from there on out, I would've felt misled by the marketing for this movie. I went into Sweet Girl and expected to see Jason Momoa kick some ass and take some names. The Twist Gives Fans Something To Think About Without A Bait And Switch ![]()
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