A DECENT MAN is a gripping drama with great performances all around and it get's you invested.
BUT...
It is not Thomas' story. It's Sarah's story, that should have been told and not misappropriated as a ruthless plot device. Instead the protagonist is portrayed to a great extent as the victim - a poor guy that is forced back into alcoholism, whose professional future is at stake, whose marriage is on the brink of collapse, who is accused of doing things he didn't do. And in the end he seems to get away with everything while only beeing punished with a guilty conscience.
BUT...
It is not Thomas' story. It's Sarah's story, that should have been told and not misappropriated as a ruthless plot device. Instead the protagonist is portrayed to a great extent as the victim - a poor guy that is forced back into alcoholism, whose professional future is at stake, whose marriage is on the brink of collapse, who is accused of doing things he didn't do. And in the end he seems to get away with everything while only beeing punished with a guilty conscience.