I did enjoy the basic story, a damaged person making something out of her life. To see her stand up and take charge of her life was inspiring. To see her stand up against her brother and aunt, who looked at her as incapable of self direction, was definitely a feel good story.
My issue is the abuse. It just left me sad overall to see her go from one abusive relationship to another to another. From her brother to her aunt to Everett. To see her trapped with nowhere to go and develop Stockholm Syndrome believing she loved Everett despite his heavy abuse overpowered the feel good parts.
Ethan Hawke was terrible, I saw a moment at the end where the real Everett walked into the tiny home and that Ev actually smiled making me believe (hope) that whatever abusive asshole Ethan was trying to portray in his character wasn't the real Everett. I never could tell what his problem was, was he slow or just scared of the world because of his orphan upbringing or what?
Sally Hawkings as better, or portrayed more depth in her character, but you can tell, when her affliction would go from minor distortion of he body to "oh, look, she's all better" or her speech patterns would change shot to shot the difference between her and an top tier actor.
I blame Aisling, putting his money on hiring Ethan when there was nothing in his character to act, and making it about the abuse Maud put up with from the person she spent her life with, well, it changed it from highly recommend to don't bother.
My issue is the abuse. It just left me sad overall to see her go from one abusive relationship to another to another. From her brother to her aunt to Everett. To see her trapped with nowhere to go and develop Stockholm Syndrome believing she loved Everett despite his heavy abuse overpowered the feel good parts.
Ethan Hawke was terrible, I saw a moment at the end where the real Everett walked into the tiny home and that Ev actually smiled making me believe (hope) that whatever abusive asshole Ethan was trying to portray in his character wasn't the real Everett. I never could tell what his problem was, was he slow or just scared of the world because of his orphan upbringing or what?
Sally Hawkings as better, or portrayed more depth in her character, but you can tell, when her affliction would go from minor distortion of he body to "oh, look, she's all better" or her speech patterns would change shot to shot the difference between her and an top tier actor.
I blame Aisling, putting his money on hiring Ethan when there was nothing in his character to act, and making it about the abuse Maud put up with from the person she spent her life with, well, it changed it from highly recommend to don't bother.