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Sarah Q
USA 2018
produced by John Bruno, John A. Gallagher, Joe Benedetto, Paul Mammano, Shing Ka for Goddess Girl Films
directed by John A. Gallagher
starring Emmy James, Burt Young, Tony Sirico, Vincent Pastore, Federico Castelluccio, Garry Pastore, William DeMeo, Artie Pasquale, Sally Kirkland, Ashlee Macropoulos, Sarah Seeds, Tamara Skylar Jones, George V. Andreakos, Ari Barkan, Steve Arons, Kohl Beck, Paul Borghese, Victor Colicchio, Joseph D'Onofrio, Josette Dwyer, Lo Freidenstine, Sondra James, Shing Ka, Dominick LaRuffa jr, Kelsey O'Brien, Sonja O'Hara, Doug Plaut, Jenilyn Rodriguez, Samantha Scaffidi, Makaela Shealy, Steve Stanulis, Toni Vitale, Maggie Wagner, Natalie Wetta, Eden Wright, Patricia Yeazell, Evangeline Young
story by John A. Gallagher, screenplay by Joe Benedetto, John A. Gallagher, music by Ernie Mannix, songs by Milo Z
review by Mike Haberfelner
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Sarah (Emmy James), a country bumbkin with a heart of gold, moves to
New York City to study to become an actress, and also to try and make it
in the big city - but soon enough gets dished more than she has asked for,
from an abusive acting teacher (Federico Castelluccio) to a neighbour
(Shing Ka) who thinks he's in love with her with a predilection for
stalking, to constant money problems and the realization that a regular
job in the city is just another word for exploitation, to sleazy agents
left and right, none of whom look after her best interest. Eventually she
finds a nicely paid job as a courier with wholesalers Danny (Tony Sirico)
and Tommy (Vincent Pastore), who despite their sleazy enough first
impression are decent enough guys - with the one problem that they deal in
counterfeit goods. Eventually, she gets a date with sought after arthouse
director Troy (William DeMeo) - who roofies her and then even tries to
convince her it was a romantic gesture. Thing is, working with him could
mean her big break - but then he has a run-in with a police detective
(Garry Pastore) who tries to convince her that Troy is a drugrunner behind
his arthouse facade, and tries to force her into becoming his snitch. And
eventually, Sarah has the choice of either just go under or woman up ... Sally
Kirkland plays Sarah's good-natured landlady, Burt Young her caring
grandfather. Now the premise of "a country bumbkin trying
to make it in the big city" isn't exactly a very fresh concept, but
what makes this movie is that it keeps things very grounded and feels very
real, basically because it stays away from all spectacle and overdone
melodramatics - even the scenes in the film that would lend themselves to
that are rather underplayed, and welcomely so, really, as that makes
Sarah's story much more believable and also relatable. And lead Emmy James
does a great job giving her character just the right mix of vulnerability
and resilience, and she's supported by a strong ensemble, and all of this
makes Sarah Q pretty cool entertainment.
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