hnapel Review of My Days of Mercy

My Days of Mercy (2017)

When the lines start to blur it is getting interesting.

[7/10 · 8 July 2019]

With so many divisive forces to drive a relationship apart, it becomes in fact a consoling thought there isn't at least a gender gap between the two women in this remarkable love story. Class, as in being a well educated lawyer compared against being a mere hopeful to land a job as a waitress could be a thing, more importantly in this story if your dad is on death row there's no favorite karma in ending up in a fling with somebody who thinks there's consolation for the victims in the killing of a convict. But when the lines start to blur it is getting interesting. The classy lawyer starts to dig into her friends' case by unearthing some facts about the sentence of her father and then, given those facts, while it is not said in so many words evokes at least some sympathy for the eventual execution, even if it is a sordid business. It is certainly the power of this movie to evoke a feeling of being uncomfortable in the swaying of your own beliefs or at least being forced to look at the matter from the other side's perspective. The interaction between the women as they court each other is endearing as much as convincing, the latter the two actresses are likely more fond of to hear. Also it becomes apparent that driving around in a rickety RV has the benefit of being able to have erotic interludes on stopovers. For a conclusion it is hard to say what the message of this movie is, for example: in a life and death situation, who cares if a few girls are making out? Love conquers all? Puritans eat your heart out? That's the nice thing it is left to your own means to unravel.