'The Unforgivable' trailer: Incarceration, murder, familial love take center stage
What's the story
Oscar-winning actress Sandra Bullock is back with a complex tale of a real-world mess. Titled The Unforgivable, the Netflix movie will feature her as an ex-convict trying to find solace and redemption. Directed by Nora Fingscheidt, the venture has also been co-produced by Bullock. Adaptation of a British miniseries, the film also stars Viola Davis. Makers dropped its trailer recently. Here's a breakdown.
Trailer
Bullock comes out of prison, starts looking for estranged sister
The trailer begins with Bullock's Ruth Slater getting released from prison after 20 years. Even though she has served her time, people outside the encompasses of jail seem to have not forgiven her. Slater finds it hard to fit in and starts looking for her estranged sister to find some relief from the guilt of leaving her behind when she was incarcerated.
Plot
The reason behind Bullock's violent crime is kept hidden
Through cloudy sequences, makers show us a young Slater carrying her baby sister and a gun as she tries to protect themselves. We find she had killed a police officer but that person's identity or the backstory is kept sealed. Meanwhile, Slater's wish to reunite/reconnect with her younger sister meets with obstruction as, like Davis's character clarifies, most don't consider Slater the victim.
Tone
Different treatment on the basis of race gets highlighted
Overall, co-writers Peter Craig, Hillary Seitz, and Courtenay Miles have spun a detailed, complex tale. The small clip shows that the film means business as it includes a scene where a Black woman points out how if it were a Black person who had committed a crime like Slater (who is a white woman), they would not have possibly made it out alive.
Information
It is coming to Netflix on December 10
Apart from Bullock and Davis, the movie will also star Vincent D'Onofrio, Jon Bernthal, Aisling Franciosi, Rob Morgan, Richard Thomas, Linda Emond, and Emma Nelson. Veronica Ferres and Graham King have produced the venture along with the Speed actress. It will be released in select theaters in November. After that, it will be coming to Netflix worldwide on December 10.