Film Review – The Good Half

The mourning process is examined in “The Good Half,” as writer Brett Ryland attempts to find his way around the pain and pressures of personal loss, especially when it comes time to deal with family. Ryland has his brighter moments with the film, but he’s mostly interested in creating something tender with the effort, which tracks a young man’s experience after the loss of his mother, confronted with all that’s no longer in his life, also handling people and decisions he doesn’t want anything to do with. Director Robert Schwartzman (“The Unicorn”) sets a softer mood for the feature, which doesn’t have major dramatic plans. Instead, the material looks to explore intimate spaces of distress and confusion, also reinforcing the power of relationships, which helps the picture find some interesting areas of communication. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com