Director: Tom McCarthy. Cast: Matt Damon, Camille Cottin, Abigail Breslin. 139 min. Crime/Thriller.
- From the director of the Oscar-winning Spotlight, reminiscent of Denis Villeneuve's Prisoners, and likely inspired by the Amanda Knox story, a father from Oklahoma will go any length to prove the innocence of his daughter, imprisoned in a Marseilles jail for murder.
- Through an engaging screenplay and fascinating turn by Damon as the polite, simple-minded, monotonous, no-nonsense Southern father, the context actually becomes a reflection on Trumpism around the world, and how the typical "American conservative" is seen ... and judged. By claiming "clueless gun-toting white Americans can be good people also", the movie eventually looks down upon them, instead of vindicating them.
- The film runs a tad too long. The entire romance subplot between the two main characters could've been cut short, as believing that these people from two sides of the political spectrum can co-habit and fall in love, is a tall order.
- Abigail Breslin has lost her Little Miss Sunshine days charm.
MoGo's rating: 7/10
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