Perth Voice Interactive

SITTING alone in a huge cinema to see A Good Person, I was worried it was a dud as there was no-one else at the 4pm session. 

But writer, producer and director Zac Braff has bought together Florence Pugh and Morgan Freeman in a beautiful, emotional film about addiction, forgiveness and redemption.

You can’t go wrong with a Morgan Freeman movie; here he delivers an outstanding performance as recovering alcoholic Daniel, reaching into the character’s inner turmoil and pain with remarkable depth and sensitivity. 

Pugh’s performance, which takes the viewer to the highs of love and depths of despair, is Oscar-worthy in my opinion. 

You are filled with hope she can overcome her darkness and downhill spiral to find peace when she finally meets up with Daniel.

Without giving too much of the plot away, the story is well crafted with a perfect balance of drama, hope, emotions and character development woven with the healing power of forgiveness. 

4/5 chickens

by PAULA HOLLAND