Sweet Girl (2021) User Reviews

A generic clone of The Fugitive, but with a mind-numbingly stupid plot twist in the third act.

[catochagen · 5/10 · 22 August 2021]

I like Jason Momoa. He seems like a genuinely likable guy, and he has a great potential for action movies, due to his physicality. Here, unfortunately, his character becomes a bit of a dud by the end, as the movie goes out of its way to sideline him as a character, in favor of his co-star.

Isabela Merced was great in Sicario: Day of the Soldado and will surely have a great career if she wants to. Here, however, she is just OK, but it's not necessarily her fault. She plays the character as it's written.

When it comes to acting, Manuel Garcia-Rulfo is the standout performer here. His hitman has great potential as a bad guy, with some scene-stealing moments, but is sadly wasted by the end.

Unfortunately, the twist in the third act mostly destroyed the movie for me. I just didn't buy it. Suspension of disbelief in a superhero movie is one thing, but when a grounded movie suddenly ignores physics and continuity, breaking the rules set within its own world, I get annoyed. They went for something edgy here, trying to subvert our expectations, but it did not pay off.

Not bad at all - no idea what's up with the haters

[banihwah · 7/10 · 20 August 2021]

An odd proportion of super negative reviews on here, it makes me think they are written by an alternative production crews. Really not a bad action flick, decent pace, some interesting developments. Sure the script and production could have been a bit better, but for a Netflix home brew, not bad at all. Anybody giving this a 1 or 2 is being ridiculous.

It's not going to win any oscars

[Paul_Rezon · 6/10 · 20 August 2021]

But, grab some popcorn, leave your brain at the door and enjoy. It's alright.

Seriously?

[kskmah · 1/10 · 22 August 2021]

How can a teenage girl fight professional hit men and actually win? Oh yeah, in a stupid movie. The father couldn't barely hurt the hitman, but the girl did and actually killed him? Seriously? Also she recorded the congress woman admitting to crimes. But she was held with a knife to the neck and then all that is admissible in court because anyone would of said what the girl wanted to hear. Really stupid movie. Seriously what is going on with all these stupid unrealistic movies recently?

Surprising twist most audience will complain about

[witra_as · 6/10 · 25 August 2021]

Pretty standard revenge thriller with surprising twist that most audience will complain about. Though felt bland at times, Brian Andrew Mendoza still offered some nice action scenes over political and pharmaceutical issues. Momoa & Merced together made a good passing time.

No. Nope nope nope nope no....

[sinnfenian · 2/10 · 29 August 2021]

I can't with this movie...I just can't.

I'll try to start off on a positive note...

The score was fantastic and this movie did not deserve it.

Jason mamoa is pretty solid.

The family scenes were done well and very touching.

Beyond that this movie was one contrivance after another leading up to the 3rd acts biggest contrivance of all.

Spoiler alert: i can't keep watching movies where some 98 pound girl is tossing around trained 250 pound bodies guards like they're paper dolls. I can only suspect so much belief for movies like this. They should have just kept this as Jason running around slapping fools and not done the shimmy sham and showed us it was Rachel. Even with Jason doing this, there are still tons of contrivance.

Finally...whoever wrote this should never, ever, ever ever ever write again.

Good movie.

[virindra · 7/10 · 20 August 2021]

I like Jason Mamoa's movies. I like him as an actor and the story behind him as a man. Succes was not dropped in front of his feet and he had to make it on his own. I can relate to that.

Being a father myself of a girl, I really enjoyed this movie. The fighting scenes were realistic, like how a common man would fight in real life. I did not understand why the daughter did not say to her father to take her with him, because he would not come back. Until the plot twist. I did not see that coming. The chase with the tow truck was awesome.

The music at the background of the movie, really is at the background of the movie. For me that was quite a turn off. In action movies the music (soundtrack) is very important. I agree with some negative reviews; the characters in the movie, I just don't feel them. You can let the audiance feel you as an actor, if you act with emotions, showing more depth to your character.

Beging negative nowadays is very easy. Sitting behind your computer. Writing down someone's hard work in a movie. That's just lame. Giving this movie a low rating, what it did not deserve. I enjoyed it a lot. Go and watch this one would be my advice. And please people, treat others like you would be treated. Don't be so negative.

Another netflix generic slot filler

[OfficialBadPug · 4/10 · 20 August 2021]

Netflix is rapidly becoming or perhaps has become the new Asylum/Anchor bay, releasing half baked movie after half baked movie and this one is no different, the actors were great, the actors were the only thing keeping this thing together but by god, the script was terrible, the camera work was terrinble, i mean dear god did they find the only camera person with parkinson's or what.. its becoming very sad, maybe 1 in 30 netflix movies is good the rest are just garbage, i realise this review has spent more time focusing on netflix than the movie itself and thats partly because theyre to blame, put up any netflix movie poster and youll see, theyre all pretty much the same. Kinda like the hallmark christmas movie, youve seen one hallmark christmas movie, you've seen em all, just different actors.

Entertaining enough!

[missesluvjones · 6/10 · 21 August 2021]

I am a Jason Mamoa fan so of course I was excited to watch this film on Netflix. I enjoyed the storyline and action throughout. It was a pleasant surprise to see Isabella Merced (Dora The Explorer Movie) in this role. She went from sweet girl to beast mode. And, I'll admit, the plot twist I was not at all expected but appreciated nevertheless.

Unbearable

[pullens22 · 1/10 · 22 August 2021]

If it wasn't for Jason Momoa no one would watch this movie. Interesting story concept but so poorly executed that you don't even care where it goes.

Its a movie!

[SherryHKuhn · 8/10 · 20 August 2021]

Stop whining that's its not realistic or the movie was ruined by a plot twist! Just watch and enjoy a little escape from reality! If you want to see real then watch the freaking news!

Flawed but enjoyable

[Leofwine_draca · 6/10 · 28 August 2021]

A problematic film, this one, but not without merit. Localised and shot in and around Pittsburgh so as a Romero fan that was a nice treat. Jason Momoa can do this kind of role in his sleep by now so he's as good as you'd expect. The big pharma back story is very timely, but it never really ties up with the BOURNE style hitmen and bodyguards running around all over the place, it doesn't feel too realistic. The writing is kind of sloppy here. As for the big twist at the climax, I didn't mind it all that much personally but I can see how some might. One strong point is the action choreography which is always on point.

Oh boy!

[ernestosuarez · 1/10 · 30 August 2021]

Well most of the other reviews have already mentioned why this is such a terrible movie so I don't have much to write that hasn't already been written, except for one thing I haven't seen mentioned that describes how dumb this movie is. There is a part in the movie where Jason Momoa's character finds the pharma guy and proceeds to try to kill him. Keep in mind he had promised the guy (on a phone call filmed for live TV) he would find and kill him. Momoa's wife died of cancer apparently because pharma guy pulled an experimental drug off the market. Anyway, Momoa finds this guy in a bathroom at a hitel or something and tries to kill him. Pharma guys security team decide to do what security teams are suposed to do and protect their man from a murderous maniac. During the process of trying to save the life of Pharma guy one of the security guys gets shot in the head by Momoa. Momoa was fighting with one of the other guys and started wrestling for the gun and the gun went off killing the security guard. Well in a follow up scene we are told Momoa is inmocent because he was just trying to defend himself! Really? So we are supposed to believe that a person who tries to murder an innocent person (the pharma guy hadnt done anything wrong up to this point) and a security team tries to defend their client, THEY are in the wrong? Was the security team supposed to have just stood by and watched? The later twist in the movie doesn't do anything to help this scene either. Momoa without questions is the bad guy in this one. He killed someones son, father, friend for doing what they were legally and morally supposed to do! The security team had no idea who he was other than a murderous lunatic trying to kill their client! This happened fairly early in the movie and sets the tone for the stupidity that is to come.

Dumb.

[mike-778-467592 · 2/10 · 29 August 2021]

Absolute nonsense from start to finish. I turned it off 10 minutes before it ended as my toast popped up and distracted me and buttering that was more interesting than this movie.

Stupid movie don't waste your time

[akshapathak · 1/10 · 22 August 2021]

Its like the girl was black widow. How does it even make sense that she thought she was her father?? Entire FBI and professionally trained assassin couldn't fight an 18yr old. Shallow dialogues.

Ignore the negative reviews.

[darren-429 · 7/10 · 20 August 2021]

Very enjoyable film with a twist. Ignore the doom mongers whom have nothing good to say and watch the film and decide for yourself.

Your Pretty Standard Menu

[Tweetienator · 4/10 · 21 January 2022]

It's okay - an old book (or story) in a new cover. The action of Sweet Girl does not reach the same quality like Taken, The Equalizer or John Wick, or older ones like Death Wish (Charles Bronson) but you may kill some spare time without using much brainpower - if you can cope with the fact that a sweet little girl beats up rough men. One of those fast produced movies to fill some screen time - acting is okay, soundtrack and production too.

Fairly standard action/thriller though mostly enjoyable

[footyfan-74697 · 6/10 · 20 August 2021]

Sweet Girl consists of several core film ideas that have been executed better in the past (namely the Jason Bourne series, however the dark aesthetic to the film was underpinned well by the understandable emotion felt by the two main characters. Jason Momoa and Isabela Merced performed well throughout despite a slightly under-written script. Did I enjoy this film? Yes, I believe so. Do I walk away from it with a lasting memory? Not so much. If you are keen on action, try Sweet Girl. But if you are seeking a highly advanced, memorable thriller film, come back to it later.

Terrible

[mattkowgier · 1/10 · 22 August 2021]

So unrealistic and cheesy action scenes. Movie was poorly executed, unrealistic and not worth wasting your time on. Period.

Its ok

[adamchoo · 8/10 · 25 August 2021]

In my opinion one of the best performances by Jason Manoa. Good to see him playing a different role.

Sadly, it was underwhelming

[Top_Dawg_Critic · 6/10 · 23 August 2021]

It had some good action scenes, but the story felt too bland and dragged out. Momoa and Merced had great chemistry as dad and daughter, but her as an action character taking out big guys was laughable. The twist was decent, but took too long to get there, and I think wasn't really needed as a trade off to see Momoa keep kicking @ss. The 109 mins felt much long with too much filler and not enough substance, as well as some slow and dragged out scenes. Still, a decent watch if you're a Momoa fan.

Was hoping for better

[croucher-21434 · 5/10 · 23 August 2021]

I was excited to watch this movie- Jason Mamoa takes on Big Pharma. I have to say that I was really let down. The plot of the movie was terrible, the plot twist was predictable, and the movie in general was not believable. With all of that said, I could watch Jason Mamoa fill out his taxes and I would be perfectly happy. Therefore, the movie earned some points for casting him.

It got worse by the minute.

[Brajja · 2/10 · 20 August 2021]

Ridiculously stupid script.

You could do much better things with your time on earth than watch this garbage. Don't watch it.

Worth Watching

[rehmankhilji · 6/10 · 28 August 2021]

There are many revenge based movies, comparing this one with other classics like the Fugitive or the US Marshals is a little uncalled for.

Jason Momoa has carried out a good role, out of the super hero package he is.

But the twist in the movie and role played by Isabela Merced, simply too good. A nice watch over Netflix for sure over the weekend.

As for the other users, posting crap about this movie, as if there are many options these days or for the last two years now to choose from.

A bad movie

[otnememento-2 · 1/10 · 20 August 2021]

This has almost all the ingredients of a bad movie. Boring plot, bad acting and unrealistic characters. It is not even entertaining and when you think it is almost over there comes the end as the final insult to the viewer.