The idea of this is very good and presented a great opportunity in the right hands. Unfortunately these weren't the right hands.
Up until close to the end I was trying to figure out who killed her and it wasn't till close to the end it dawned on me and I thought then what a great idea. Poorly executed. Could have been so good.
The problems were many. The supporting cast were unconvincing. Their roles were weakly defined and they seemed to spend most of the time in the background waiting for the lead, as odd as that sounds. All the guys were madly in love with her but there was no evidence of why.
Not all alcoholics are obvious, some are high functioning. For this story to succeed they needed to show her at her worst, maybe the messy emotional female that are typical in her age group, the binge drinking, the constant morning hangovers, something that I as the audience could hang my hat on. Instead she was portrayed as a fun girl and the only next morning hangover was after she'd been drugged and raped. This didn't advance the story as it didn't happen due to her alcoholism although could have happened to anyone. The final night of trying to give up and failing by having hallucinations and a binge session wasn't convincing because we hadn't seen her at her worst.
Written correctly I feel this actress could have carried it.
I gave it a 5 because it was a good idea, an important story but handled ineptly.
Up until close to the end I was trying to figure out who killed her and it wasn't till close to the end it dawned on me and I thought then what a great idea. Poorly executed. Could have been so good.
The problems were many. The supporting cast were unconvincing. Their roles were weakly defined and they seemed to spend most of the time in the background waiting for the lead, as odd as that sounds. All the guys were madly in love with her but there was no evidence of why.
Not all alcoholics are obvious, some are high functioning. For this story to succeed they needed to show her at her worst, maybe the messy emotional female that are typical in her age group, the binge drinking, the constant morning hangovers, something that I as the audience could hang my hat on. Instead she was portrayed as a fun girl and the only next morning hangover was after she'd been drugged and raped. This didn't advance the story as it didn't happen due to her alcoholism although could have happened to anyone. The final night of trying to give up and failing by having hallucinations and a binge session wasn't convincing because we hadn't seen her at her worst.
Written correctly I feel this actress could have carried it.
I gave it a 5 because it was a good idea, an important story but handled ineptly.