Review of 6 Balloons (2018) by Diane B — 06 Nov 2018
The acting was good, but the plot made no sense. Surely heroin addiction would not be hard to research! This is a sister with prior experience with an addict, and yet she doesn't know what to do. Here are the misses:
1. If you have an addict in withdrawal crisis in your car, head to an ER. They all know what to do.
2. An addict doesn't go from talking on the way to a party to extreme withdrawal in a matter of minutes.
3. I don't understand why the addict turned manic after getting a fix. Heroin addicts turn sleepy.
4. Why in God's name wouldn't you take a sleeping toddler from your car and hand her to her grandparents before driving around a city at night in a drug crisis?
Most importantly, the movie is prejudiced against addiction. We need to accept that addiction is a disease (medically recognized), and relapse is part of the disease. If the brother was depressed and suicidal in the past, and became suicidal again, would you say drive yourself to a clinic? No, you would drive him. So drive your brother to an ER, kiss him, tell him you love him, then safely take care of his daughter!
This review of 6 Balloons (2018) was written by Diane B on 06 Nov 2018.
6 Balloons has generally received positive reviews.
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