Synopsis
When a bipolar woman commits suicide, her sister and her sister's fiancé become entangled in an attempt to discover what pushed her to the brink.
2019 Directed by Julia Kots
When a bipolar woman commits suicide, her sister and her sister's fiancé become entangled in an attempt to discover what pushed her to the brink.
A pretty average movie with a magical performance by Tawny Cypress who from her first scene grabs this movie and runs away with it completely. It's not that I think characters need to be entirely uncomplicated for us to root for them, because Inez was a very flawed character and even though I knew her fate a part of me was rooting for her until the end, but Doug and Kira were so immensely irritating that it was quite hard for me to feel any emotional impact with where their story ended up (which also felt very emotionally gratuitous.) It's not a bad movie by any means, but without the amount of lifting work Tawny does as Inez to lift this movie into something more emotionally impactful, it doesn't really land as anything other than a "humans are complicated innit??" direct-to-television movie.
Inez & Doug & Kira is about the complexities of relationships and how grief is so stark in unveiling the differences between those relationships, even within one small familial unit. With strong performances from the core cast, this tale of addiction, mental illness and the desire to understand others is a worthy watch.
-Rose Dymock
Review on Screen Queens