Review: American Woman
An irresponsible, hard-living single mum (Sienna Miller, never better) slowly gets her shit together despite relationship issues and a missing teenage daughter (Sky Ferreira) whose own young child Miller is now responsible for in her absence. Pat Healy plays an abusive dick, Aaron Paul plays a nice but flawed interested party, whilst Amy Madigan (surprisingly poor), Christina Hendricks (surprisingly solid), and Will Sasso play Miller’s mother, sister, and brother-in-law respectively. An outstanding Sienna Miller performance is the big plus in this otherwise unsatisfying, clichéd 2019 film from director Jake Scott (son of Ridley, he shot the ‘Disarm’ music video for Smashing Pumpkins). Scripted by Brad Ingelsby ( “Out of the Furnace” , “Run All Night” ) the film is ultimately about grief and loss, but the way the film plays at times, you’d swear that it was a mystery that will have a clear resolution. It’s not just that I expected something different to what I got, as that bla...