Review of A Good Person (2023) by Jluis_001 — 14 Apr 2023
Zach Braff made a film almost two decades ago that gave him some credit in indie circles. A credit that has worked for him so far.
I never thought much of Garden State, but that's really the least of it, the issue here is that Braff even with two more films on his resume as a director seems to have learned very few lessons and that's reflected in his weathered conventionalism.
A Good Person isn't a parade of clichés, but rather a ritual of familiar symptoms to which he cannot imprint an identity that would evoke the key points of a drama of this kind, which are honesty and empathy.
If it fails to connect the audience with emotions, it will hardly achieve anything. Even when the audience knows in advance that you are manipulating them to do so.
Florence Pugh has the talent to move the material forward, and while that doesn't save the whole project for her former partner, it does at least provide him with two important things.
One that the film won't die in obscurity and two that the experience will not be too disappointing.
Beyond that, you're not missing out on anything particularly valuable.
This review of A Good Person (2023) was written by Jluis_001 on 14 Apr 2023.
A Good Person has generally received positive reviews.
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