My wish would be to finally see Florence Pugh in a film that matches her talent. A Good Person is nothing but another story of guilt and redemption written by someone who seems to have only a vague idea of how human feelings work. Florence Pugh is fantastic, as usual, but this is not enough to make the film anything more than passable.
Besides being mediocre, it is rather simplistic. Guilt and forgiveness are not and should not be easy, moody topics. Besides that, the film also fails to develop many good sub-plots (such as the short meeting with the old schoolmates), introducing them and then quickly throwing them away, bridling in an ending that is as far-fetched as it is hypocritical.
Besides being mediocre, it is rather simplistic. Guilt and forgiveness are not and should not be easy, moody topics. Besides that, the film also fails to develop many good sub-plots (such as the short meeting with the old schoolmates), introducing them and then quickly throwing them away, bridling in an ending that is as far-fetched as it is hypocritical.