Directed by Rodrigo García and based on a true story (from Eli Saslow’s 2016 Washington Post article, “How’s Amanda?”), this film is a masterclass in claustrophobic intimacy. Starring Glenn Close and Mila Kunis, the movie strips away the melodrama of addiction to reveal something far more terrifying: the mundane, grinding, soul-crushing reality of loving someone who is actively dying by the milligram.
Close delivers a performance defined by exhaustion. Her face is a map of sleepless nights. She has a line that cuts to the core of the family addiction dynamic: “I love you, but I don’t like you anymore.” Four Good Days
Four Good Days is not that movie.
4.5/5 Watch if you liked: Beautiful Boy , Candy , The Lost Daughter (for the mother-daughter tension). Directed by Rodrigo García and based on a