{"id":1109153,"date":"2021-12-11T14:13:43","date_gmt":"2021-12-11T19:13:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1109153"},"modified":"2021-12-11T14:13:44","modified_gmt":"2021-12-11T19:13:44","slug":"the-unforgivable-review-a-good-old-fashioned-womens-picture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-unforgivable-review-a-good-old-fashioned-womens-picture\/","title":{"rendered":"&#039;The Unforgivable&#039; Review: A Good, Old-Fashioned &#039;Women&#039;s Picture&#039;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fthe-unforgivable-review-a-good-old-fashioned-womens-picture%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1109153&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Image-from-iOS-1-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Believe it or not, when patriotic conservatives ran the Hollywood studio system, there were as many women stars as men. It wasn\u2019t until the late 1960s, when the left took over the movie business, that the ladies got shoved aside.<\/p>\n<p>Back in the Golden Era, Joan Crawford, Katharine and Audrey Hepburn, Bette Davis, Barbara Stanwyck, Mae West, Jean Harlow, Greta Garbo, Betty Grable, Norma Shearer, Rita Hayworth, Ginger Rogers, Marie Dressler, Carole Lombard, and on and on and on \u2026 all ruled the box office right alongside the Gables and Grants.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>Up on that silver screen, these goddesses were treated like goddesses. They were presented with dignity, respect, and as strong, independent, and classy women. Then the left grabbed hold of Hollywood, and it all ended. It\u2019s funny how that works, and it\u2019s even funnier how no one ever tells that truth.<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, one of the most popular genres of this era was called the \u201cwomen\u2019s picture.\u201d These were largely melodramas where, say, a Joan Crawford was made to suffer unjustly, persevere, and then either triumph or sacrifice her own happiness. When handled correctly (and most of them are still a delight), the movie worked no matter how silly the plot. Melodramas aren\u2019t about reality or logic. They\u2019re about emotion. If you care about the protagonist, you forget the rest.<\/p>\n<p>Sandra Bullock\u2019s latest Netflix entry is pure melodrama, a total women\u2019s picture, and as overwrought as its title,&nbsp;<em>The Unforgivable.<\/em>.. Shoulda lost the \u201cThe.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>But it still works.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Watch below:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Unforgivable | Sandra Bullock | Official Trailer | Netflix\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JNUjx7LZoiU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<p>Bullock plays Ruth Slater, a hardened convict released after serving 20 years for killing a local sheriff. All Ruth wants is to get her life back on track and reconnect with Katie, her younger sister. Ruth is 15 years older than Katie, who was five when Ruth was locked up. Complicating things are Ruth\u2019s hard-ass probation officer and the dead sheriff\u2019s sons, who are full-grown and want revenge.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s also the fact that Katie is now 25, has been adopted into a loving family, and maybe reminding her of all that trauma 20 years ago is not such a good idea.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>So Ruth is made to suffer and suffer, and then she suffers some more, and then some more, and then a whole lot more before, well\u2026<\/p>\n<p>The logic gaps are legion. First off, no matter how much work she\u2019s had done, in no world does 57-year-old Sandra Bullock look 40. Ruth is also so damned glum she\u2019s more of a husk than a character. Bullock\u2019s undeniable star power does more to carry the movie than anything else.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>There\u2019s also a lot to admire, like how compelling the story is at depicting the drudgery of life as an ex-con, a charming Jon Bernthal making Ruth smile, and a terrific scene in a lawyer\u2019s office where Ruth loses it at the exact wrong time, which is both unexpected and realistic.<\/p>\n<p>****MAJOR SPOILER ALERT****<\/p>\n<p>What I hated were the dumb and unnecessary flashbacks and a third act \u201ctwist\u201d I saw coming from the other room. Not only is this reveal an act of cheap manipulation; it makes no logical sense. Ruth went to prison 20 years ago. That was 2001, not 1981. Forensics would have <em>easily<\/em> figured out the truth of the shooting.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B4\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>Additionally, the fact that Ruth is innocent and so selfless and noble she went to prison to protect her kid sister undermines the story\u2019s key themes of forgiveness and second chances. When I believed the movie had the courage to ask me to forgive a cop killer, it had my respect.<\/p>\n<p>***END SPOILER***<\/p>\n<p><em>The Unforgivable\u2019s<\/em> low point is a stupid and contrived woketard moment where Viola Davis\u2019s character informs us that if Ruth were a black cop killer, she would not have been allowed to survive those 20 years.<\/p>\n<p>What horseshit.<\/p>\n<p>If Ruth were a black cop killer, she\u2019d be a cause c\u00e9l\u00e8bre on the left, a best-selling author, and a future tenured university professor. Who do these godless liars think they\u2019re kidding?<\/p>\n<p>Barring the f-words and Bullock\u2019s overtly self-conscious decision to de-glamorize herself into Oscar bait, you can easily see Joan Crawford sinking her teeth into this sucker and elevating it into a sub-genre of the \u201cwomen\u2019s picture\u201d known as a \u201cthree-hankie weeper.\u201d That would\u2019ve been a better movie, but the one we have is still pretty good.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Follow John Nolte on Twitter <\/em><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NolteNC\"><strong><em>@NolteNC<\/em><\/strong><\/a><strong>. <em>Follow his Facebook Page <\/em><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/JohnNolteNC\/?skip_nax_wizard=true\"><strong><em>here<\/em><\/strong><\/a><strong><em>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Believe it or not, when patriotic conservatives ran the Hollywood studio system, there were as many women stars as men. 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