A Good Woman is Hard to Find – ABC Film Challenge – Thriller – G – A Good Woman is Hard to Find – Movie Review
Director: Abner Pastoll
Writer: Ronan Blaney, Abner Pastoll (Screenplay)
Cast
- Sarah Bolger (In America)
- Edward Hogg (Jupiter Ascending)
- Andrew Simpson (Notes on a Scandal)
- Jane Brennan (Brooklyn)
- Caolan Byrne (The Foreigner)
Plot: A recently widowed young mother will go to any lengths to protect her children as she seeks the truth behind her husband’s murder.
Runtime: 1 Hour 37 Minutes
There may be spoilers in the rest of the review
Story: A Good Woman is Hard to Find starts when widowed mother Sarah (Bolger) tries to keep her difficult life together. However, one day she finds her home invaded by a thief Tito (Simpson) hiding from drug dealers. What seems like an event that has just blown over, takes a fresh twist.
When Tito returns to recover his stash, she wants to use Sarah as his base of operation. However, things start to spiral out of control, as Sarah is still searching for the person behind her husband’s murder.
Verdict on A Good Woman is Hard to Find
A Good Woman is Hard to Find is a crime thriller following a widowed mother who finds her home invaded by a drug dealer. She finds herself needing to fight back to protect her children after her life is put in danger.
This is a thriller that shows the trauma of being suddenly widowed while spiralling around the drug culture on estates. The idea that one woman must try to have a normal life after everything she has been through is strong. It goes in a direction you wouldn’t expect, after questioning why other things didn’t happen earlier in the movie. Sarah Bolger is fantastic in the leading role of the movie, that never holds back on anything.
Final Thoughts – A Good Woman is Hard to Find is a ruthless movie.