“Zach Braff’s third feature excels at taking the measure of how people cope with personal tragedy and does so in a vital and engaging way that’s far more invigorating than depressing.” Full review of ‘A Good Person,’ starring Florence Pugh here:
, and shifts tones and moods that startle with their bluntness and honesty; that raucous laughs emerge from such an upsetting story is a testament to the filmmaker’s daring and dexterity.
The film’s opening minutes neatly set up the well-off suburban New York lifestyle of Allison , an intelligent, feisty young woman, as well as some family friends. Partying in the pool area is charged with the moods of the kids, particularly teenager Allison, who seems favorably inclined to attacking the other kids and families in the ritzy environment.
Pugh is one of those gifted actors who can look gorgeous one moment and a wreck the next, and every note in between will instantly feel just right.
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