Sandra Bullock

Viola Davis

Vincent D'Onofrio

Jon Bernthal

Richard Thomas

Linda Emond

Aisling Franciosi

Emma Nelson

Will Pullen

Tom Guiry

Jess McLeod

Rob Morgan

Andrew Francis

W. Earl Brown

Orlando Lucas

Jude Wilson

Paul Moniz de Sa

Craig March

Alistair Abell

Donavon Stinson

Patti Kim

William Belleau

Viv Leacock

Toby Hargrave

Bobbi Charlton

Willy Ross

Carolyn Field

Joyanna Tonge

Michelle Choi-Lee

Angela Moore

Simon Chin

Cynthia Loewen

Sarah Kelley

Kelly-Ruth Mercier

Flossie McKnight

Julie Tao

Art Kitching

Aaron Pearl

Janet Walmsley

Jeffrey C. Robinson

Jeff Sanca

Duane Dickinson

Dave Hospes

Roberto De Angelis

Melissa R. Stubbs

Andrew Coppin

Ali Dunn

Danna St. Lawrence

Brad McGregor

Quentin Schneider

Owen Walstrom

Peter Craig

Hillary Seitz

Courtenay Miles

Natalie Van Hest

Joe Walker

Jeff Hinton

David Fleming

Chris Duesterdiek

Kim Jennings

Whitney James

Michael Minkler

Alex Bovaird

Kyle White

Stephan Bechinger

Greg P. Russell

Steve Garrad

Guillermo Navarro

Shannon Gottlieb

Francine Maisler

Hans Zimmer

Michael Babcock

Andy Walker

James Steuart

Sean McCormack

Karen Heston

Laura Downing

Janice Swayze

Sally Wainwright

Eugene Mazzola

Nicola Shindler

Colin Vaines

Nan Morales

Veronica Ferres

Graham King

Nora Fingscheidt

Raymond Prado

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The Unforgivable

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Nathan

While The Unforgivable may not be groundbreaking, it proves to be a good film propelled by fantastic performances.

The overarching message of the film works, even with all the filler subplots. If a few characters were trimmed from the narrative, particularly the cop's sons, this film would have had a much tighter and more effective story. Despite that, I still had a great time with it. I think the twists worked and the flashback scenes were woven into the narrative really well. I wasn't a huge fan of the final act, but it did not hurt my overall enjoyment of the film.

What really helped aid the movie were the incredible performances from an all-star cast. Sandra Bullock delivers a heartbreaking, emotional performance that had me tearing up on more than one occasion. Her chemistry with Jon Bernthal is fantastic, and that relationship was a real highlight of the film for me. Vincent D'Onofrio was excellent, although his goatee was incredibly thick! Viola Davis was criminally underused, but her scenes were incredibly effective. My favorite scene from the whole movie had her in it. The "antagonists" of the movie were bad. The acting was average at best; I really think this movie could have worked without them being included.

Overall, The Unforgivable is a solid entry into Netflix's original film catalog and one that I would highly recommend.

Score: 63%
Verdict: Decent

English

The Unforgivable | Sandra Bullock | Official Trailer | Netflix