Sweet Girl (2021)
Storyline
A man vows to bring justice to those responsible for his wife's death while protecting the only family he has left, his daughter.
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Cast
Brian Howe, Nelson Franklin, Joe Fishel, Jason Momoa, Justin Bartha, Reggie Lee, Amy Brenneman, Michael Raymond-James, Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, Raza Jaffrey, Dominic Fumusa, Will Blagrove, Cherie McClain, Cale Schultz, Isabela Moner, Jake Allyn, Adria Arjona, Lex Scott Davis, Milena Rivero, Liron Blumenthal, Gina Jun, Helen E. McNutt, Tom McNutt, Kristy Nolen, Marie Zoumanigui, Erin Barnes, Katy O'Brian, Dave MacDonald, James Anthony McBride, Ricardo Miguel Young, Matthew Hostetter, Bobby Liga, Tammy Brant, Dave Camarillo, Erika Shrout
Trailer
Reviews
70
Aided by Steven Price’s enthusiastic score, Mendoza’s vigorous direction keeps things speeding along, and Momoa is such a charismatic presence — whether sensitively interacting with Rachel (skillfully embodied by Merced) or inventively snapping an adversary’s neck — that the proceedings’ lack of realism works to its advantage.
63
Sweet Girl is too long and disorganized, and often just too much, for its own good. It seems to want to be five, possibly six landmark 1990s and early aughts blockbusters at once.
58
The Film Stage
Despite its shortcomings, Sweet Girl is a fairly enjoyable watch. These are easy people to root for, no matter how complicated their actions get.
50
As hellaciously predictable and preposterous as Sweet Girl is, it could win over viewers nursing their own grudge against Big Pharma. Mainly, though, this is a vehicle for its star, that brawny softie Momoa.
50
Momoa can believably howl in anguish and throw a devastating punch, but he can’t carry a script this muddled.
