Netflix Movie 🎥 Review: “The Unforgivable”

Rotten Tomatoes rating 40% with the audience rating of 81%

Rated: R with a run time of 1 hr and 59 mins and an IMDb of 7.2/10.

Cast: Sandra Bullock, Vincent D'Onofrio, Jon Bernthal, Viola Davis, Richard Thomas, Linda Emond, Aisling Franciosi, and Rob Morgan.

Film Description: Ruth Slater, a woman released from prison after serving a sentence for a violent crime and attempts to re-enter society. She must try to put her life back together again in a world that refuses to forgive her past.

The Unforgivable is a 2021 drama film directed by Nora Fingscheidt and written by Peter Craig, Hillary Seitz and Courtenay Miles, based on the 2009 British miniseries Unforgiven written by Sally Wainwright.

An American-German co-production, the film is produced by Bullock, Graham King and Veronica Ferres. Filming began in Vancouver in February 2020 and, after halting due to the COVID-19 pandemic, concluded in October. It was released in a limited release on November 24, 2021, prior to streaming on Netflix on December 10, 2021.

When you see a film come out with Sandra Bullock you know automatically it’s going to be a good one. Ignore the 40% rating above and focus on the 81% that the audience liked it. This film is intensely deep and goes out of its way to portray an amazing story of the trials and tribulation of a woman committed of murder and released from prison back into civilization.

To me Sandra Bullock is an incredible actor. She speaks to the viewers with her subtle facial nuisances and body language. She can bring life to a script like no one else. Coupled with her co stars in this film it makes this one of her best acting roles.

Morally this story speaks to the sacrifices one takes that shows what family is all about - the good, bad and the ugly!.