Film Review – Sunlight Jr.

It’s interesting to note that the poster for “Sunlight Jr.” features a picture of its two stars, Naomi Watts and Matt Dillon, smiling. In the film itself, there’s little time for such positive indulgence. It’s deceptive marketing, but it has to be, as most viewers probably wouldn’t go near the movie if they knew exactly what type of experience awaited them. This is an impossibly dark effort, launched under the guise of social realism, but carries a heavy tone of punishment, with writer/director Laurie Collyer going out of her way to make the audience feel every disappointment and mistake. Instead of reflective, “Sunlight Jr.” feels calculated — 90 minutes of cinematic flagellation without the expected profundity. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com