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The Unforgivable

The Unforgivable

2021

Nora Fingscheidt

Sandra Bullock, Viola Davis, Rob Morgan, Vincent D'Onofrio ...

6.2

6,404

Drama Ruth Slater, a woman released from prison after serving a sentence for a violent crime and re-enters a society that refuses to forgive her past.

	Author	Review
United Kingdom	Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"The plot’s twists and turns, which were manageable in a three-part TV drama, look contrived and unlikely in a feature film and Bullock has little to do but look self-consciously solemn (...) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"	NEG
United States	David Rooney The Hollywood Reporter	"Nora Fingscheidt makes a respectable English-language debut (...) The biggest hurdle facing The Unforgivable is that we’ve seen more effective versions of downbeat stories like this before."	NEU
United States	Dennis Harvey Variety	"A compelling if somewhat overstuffed mix of character study and melodrama (...) [The script leaves some] characters less than fully dimensionalized"	NEU
United States	Odie Henderson rogerebert.com	"I know what unrepented sins I’ve committed to deserve the Divine punishment that is Netflix’s “The Unforgivable,” but you have a chance to be penitent and avoid it (...) Rating: ½ (out of 4)"	NEG
United States	Elizabeth Weitzman The Wrap	"There’s a lot that works here, from the casting to the production design, but you might have to watch the original UK show on Britbox to fill in the blanks"	NEU
United States	Pete Hammond Deadline	"This a strong character study and an opportunity to see Bullock further expand her versatility"	POS
United States	Richard Roeper Chicago Sun-Times	"While the performances are top-notch, script problems spoil the viewing experience (...) The final moments lack the dramatic punch the material promised (…) Rating: ★★½ (out of 4)"	NEU
United Kingdom	Tim Grierson Screendaily	"Sandra Bullock puts in an earnest performance in this unconvincing remake of British miniseries Unforgiven (...) a frustrating drama that struggles to be either a thoughtful character study or a slow-burn thriller"	NEU
United States	M.N. Miller Ready Steady Cut	"'The Unforgivable' is just that, in almost every way (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"	NEG
United States	Mike D'Angelo AV Club	"Sandra Bullock shows off her tediously stoic side (...) Everything’s so flatly emphatic that each story beat feels mechanistic"	NEG
United States	Roxana Hadadi Los Angeles Times	"'The Unforgivable' transcends its own self-importance and becomes an experience that is often rattling, challenging and haunting."	POS
United States	David Ehrlich IndieWire	"The final product often feels like watching someone try to squeeze “Crime and Punishment” into the length of an Instagram story (...) an undercooked stew that isn’t given the time it needs to find any real flavor of its own."	NEU
United States	Chuck Bowen Slant	"'The Unforgivable' is devoid of all textures and emotions that don’t readily affirm the film’s rigid worldview of redemption (…) Rating: ★ (out of 4)"	NEG
United States	John Serba Decider	"A depressing melodrama starring an anti-glam Sandra Bullock (...) No thank you!"	NEG
Canada	Debopriyaa Dutta Screen Rant	"Helmed by a brilliant Bullock (...) Although riddled with execution flaws, 'The Unforgivable' has the ability to keep the audiences hooked, despite its consistently bleak storyline (…) Rating: ★★½ (out of 5)"	NEU
United States	Marya E. Gates The Playlist	"A bleak slog (...) The only catharsis the audience feels during its denouement is from the relief that this bleak, miserable slog is finally over"	NEG
United States	Matt Fowler IGN	"'The Unforgivable' means well, and is acted nobly, but the result is a mess of needless suffering and misery with little-to-no satisfaction"	NEG

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