Film Review – Sick Girl

Longtime casting professional Jennifer Cram makes her debut as a writer/director with “Sick Girl,” and she’s selected quite a tonal challenge for her first at-bat. Here’s a story about a self-absorbed woman pretending to have cancer to help win back attention from her friends and family, embarking on a journey of lies to maintain her extraordinary ruse. It’s a dark comedy with the bleakest of premises, but Cram is on a quest to make the endeavor not only funny, but sensitive, looking to understand the main character’s motives as she embarks on the worst idea of her life. Mercifully, “Sick Girl” is mildly amusing, with Cram keeping the mood light enough to make some silliness happen. Not everything works here, but the production manages to survive such a study of unforgivable behavior and, true to form, Cram has a strong eye for actors, filling the feature with spirited performers who help to capture the extremity of the writing. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com