Luckiest Girl Alive

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Luckiest Girl Alive provides us an insight into the complicated reality that survivors endure on a daily basis. Flippant comments made by friends, family members, and strangers, rooted in their own fear and bias, become obvious when we view them through a victim's lens. The way this movie offers nearly every single nuanced judgment that people place on SA survivors is both dark and brilliant. My sincere hope with this film is that laypeople will wake-up to the realities of how our society continues to re-victimize SA victims. Due to the stigma, many people will not watch this movie, which sucks. It's such a necessary film. Mila Kunis and Chiara Aurelia are truly incredible at their craft. 10/10.

I can't tell you how many women I know, myself included, who has survived sexual abuse and in just about every case there is shame, loss and silencing. I was molested by a family member as a child, and I carried that with me for years. I still carry it with me and it's totally molded me into a different version of myself I always imagined I could have been had that not been the start of the downhill snowball effect in my life. My family swept it under the rug for the most part, and I saw my molester on a regular basis after that as if nothing ever happened. It was a family member, you see. All's fair in family and abuse, right? In any case, I am so, so glad that this movie was made and my hope is that it somehow becomes similar to a balm or loving blanket of acceptance to every single person that has ever been the victim of sexual abuse. Mila was perfectly cast in this role. She brought so much strength, vulnerability, and realness to Ani as she went through all the lows and highs we were taken through over the course of the film. I certainly love that last "pow" we got to experience at the end. Though it was a great way to end the movie, keep in mind this is a movie after all so it was necessary to kind of bring a sense of closure and triumph to our hero, Ani. Keep in mind though that in life, there are always naysayers, non-believers of your truth and people that question if what happened was really as bad as what you say it was/is. Unfortunately, in real life you don't always get that vindication at the end like Ani did. There won't always be a "moment."

I cannot put my finger on what was wrong with this movie. The story was good. I am not sure where it went wrong. It could have been Mila's performance, the perfect rich unicorn boyfriend, the one dimensional characters or the editing. First of all, the movie could have been much shorter. Second of all, it failed to make me care much about Mila's character. I don't know why. She had a good story and I understood what she went through. I think it's how she acted, it was a bit off, one dimensional. Actually all the characters were one dimensional. It was annoying in a sense, same stereotypes and say exactly what you expect them to say. And the boyfriend was just so patient and perfect it makes one nauseous. It felt unrealistic. It's one of those movies, that I am not sure if I am happy I watched or not.

Film is an interesting blend. A "boss girl" type film, the protagonist even has the typical sassy inner monologue. However the movie has an incredibly nuanced portrayal of a woman who has suffered serious trauma. Many films portray victims as weathered survivors. This film shows the victim as extremely put-together and successful. It's a take I haven't seen before, and it's definitely one that is good to see. The movie uses two incredibly sensitive topics as plot devices, if the movie was any lesser, it would have trivilalized those topics. But the unrelenting nature of the portrayals of those topics only adds to the movie to show what the protagonist has overcome.

The title and the way the movie started, the movie had tremendous potential. But it was ruined. Why did Tiffani kill the boy who was helping her? When she couldn't kill her rapist? Plot was similar to 13 reasons why. It's a complete waste of your time. The ending was so predictable, that recorded confession. Tiffany or Anni should be more worried about the friend she killed. But no, that's not what she repents. Even her good professor gets fired but no, even that doesn't bother her much. How did Mila Kunis agree to make this film?! One more movie where the movie is all about one central character and I am not sure whether the director is proving to us that what Tiffani/Ani has done is right or is he trying to convince himself/herself about the plot.

This was adapted for the screen by the author of the novel of the same title, as befits something that's clearly based on an all-too-true story. As it's star and producer, Mila Kunis, has said: we've all got terribly messy junk in our pasts so we can relate. Of course, that messy junk isn't usually multiple capital felonies and horrific school shootings, but nevertheless I know what she means. A lot of us just choose to block it all out and even deny it ever happened. This movie is a powerful demonstration of why that won't work in the long term, and we must stand and face it. Ms. Kunis, as well as the young actress playing her character in school-age flashbacks, make this movie worth an extra star in my ratings.