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6.5/10
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The daughter of a man on death row falls in love with a woman on the opposing side of her family's political cause.The daughter of a man on death row falls in love with a woman on the opposing side of her family's political cause.The daughter of a man on death row falls in love with a woman on the opposing side of her family's political cause.
- Awards
- 1 win & 2 nominations total
Elliot Page
- Lucy
- (as Ellen Page)
Bishop Ali Stevens
- Paul
- (as Bishop Stephens)
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- Writer
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- TriviaKate Mara and Elliot Page had been wanting to work together on a project for some time. When they couldn't find any active projects to join, they decided to produce their own. They found Joe Barton's script, which had been in developmental limbo for eight years.
- GoofsWhen Lucy is scrolling through the law firm's website, the employee's about sections switch names partway through. Only the names at the top and the first instance in the description match the film's characters. Mercy's name changes to Irma and Chance changes to Boling.
- ConnectionsFeatures Harvey Beaks: Pe-Choo/The Spitting Tree (2015)
- SoundtracksMercy
Performed by Duffy
Courtesy of Island Records
Under license from Universal Music Enterprises
Featured review
If you think the film will showcase a beautiful story about people on opposing sides coming to understand each other like the plot suggests, you'll be disappointed. This movie could have been profound I imagine, given its serious material and relevance to the current political divides in our world, but it's really just a sad story with no real resolution.
It annoyed me immensely that the writers didn't even bother making up a good excuse for why these two female characters were drawn to each other. I mean, we're really given nothing. Kate's character sees a downtrodden and frumpy Elliot Page stepping out of a camper in the distance and that's enough for Kate to pursue her like there's no tomorrow? It's like - one minute she's super passionate about being pro-capital punishment, and the next she's awkwardly inviting her anti-capital punishment "enemy" to a night out. And the worst part is we don't even get to see the relationship unfold into something deep where they challenge each others' stances and such. However we do get some sexy love scenes. But there's no depth to the relationship.
Page's acting was compelling, per usual, though. It is what carries the film.
It annoyed me immensely that the writers didn't even bother making up a good excuse for why these two female characters were drawn to each other. I mean, we're really given nothing. Kate's character sees a downtrodden and frumpy Elliot Page stepping out of a camper in the distance and that's enough for Kate to pursue her like there's no tomorrow? It's like - one minute she's super passionate about being pro-capital punishment, and the next she's awkwardly inviting her anti-capital punishment "enemy" to a night out. And the worst part is we don't even get to see the relationship unfold into something deep where they challenge each others' stances and such. However we do get some sexy love scenes. But there's no depth to the relationship.
Page's acting was compelling, per usual, though. It is what carries the film.
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- May 7, 2023
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Box office
- Gross worldwide
- $18,766
- Runtime1 hour 48 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 2.40:1
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