Review of Don't Make Me Go (2022) by Jluis_001 — 17 Jul 2022
Manipulative. That's quite easy to see from the first few minutes and is revealed as soon as you go a little further.
The lead duo tries to make the journey enjoyable, which is noteworthy, although as father and daughter they lack sincere chemistry.
Clearly John Cho is the actor with the experience and it shows.
The main issue I find with Don't Make Me Go is that it's too conventional and that interferes quite a bit with what is supposed to flow in a more authentic and effortless way and yet it seems messy and artificial.
All this in order to build up to a twist at the end that completely lacks the emotional shock I want to believe the script was going for, especially since the whole movie tries to make you feel sorry for another character and its predicament, which is the catalyst for all the events that occur here, so that twist feels like a cheap trick to provoke even more emotionalism from the audience, which I've always hated in this genre, cause it feels manipulative.
Maybe it's not a dud, but it's the kind of film that's made to be forgotten as soon as it's over.
This review of Don't Make Me Go (2022) was written by Jluis_001 on 17 Jul 2022.
Don't Make Me Go has generally received positive reviews.
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