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A Good Woman Is Hard to Find

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United Kingdom, Belgium · 2019
1h 37m
Director Abner Pastoll
Starring Sarah Bolger, Edward Hogg, Andrew Simpson, Jane Brennan
Genre Crime, Thriller

In this gritty revenge thriller, Sarah is a recently widowed young mother desperate to know the truth behind her husband’s murder, which the police have ruled a robbery-related spat. She may be grieving, but she’s anything but helpless — as the local gangsters will soon find out…

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78

Austin Chronicle by

Mixing Ken Loach-style social realism with Mike Hodge’s grasp of stylish murder, much in the vein of 2012’s equally razor-balanced sniper shocker Tower Block, you’ll be cheering for this good woman when she faces the inevitable showdown.

63

Slant Magazine by Chuck Bowen

The film’s early scenes turn the stuff of paying bills and managing kids into manna for an unsettlingly intimate domestic thriller.

50

RogerEbert.com by Glenn Kenny

I cannot lie, though. As cranky as much of the movie made me, Pastoll, Blaney, and especially Bolger all contrive to deliver as satisfying a climax and dénouement to this saga as one could hope for. So there is that.

70

The New York Times by Jeannette Catsoulis

While the movie barrels toward a final act that’s more feminist fantasy than credible conclusion, Bolger’s phenomenal performance locks us tightly on Sarah’s side.

80

Film Threat by Lorry Kikta

A Good Woman Is Hard To Find is an extremely harrowing, tense movie that has such an unbelievably satisfying payoff.

60

The Guardian by Phil Hoad

The opportunistic genre-welding holds together thanks to vivid performances. Bolger makes a slightly implausible character arc completely convincing, graduating from panicky improvisation to grim determination.

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