A good movie

To be honest, I wasn’t really sure what to expect from this flick but since it was starring Aaron Taylor-Johnson, I thought I might as well check it out. Eventually, I thought it was still a decent rehab drama, even it was nothing really ground-breaking. Indeed, Aaron Taylor-Johnson was as usual quite charismatic and I think he did a pretty good job at the beginning of the movie showing how his character was going into a very destructive path. The directing was also solid, even though Sam Taylor-Johnson did drop her interesting artistic touches that she did add at the beginning rather quickly so the rest of the movie did feel rather conventional after all.  Eventually, beside the fact that it seemed way too easy for this guy with seemingly no funds to get into this rather fancy rehab program, the only thing that really bothered me was the fact that, while the beginning of this journey was dark and chaotic as it should be, the final act went on just too smoothly. Indeed, as pointed out several times during this movie, when an addict goes to rehab the first time, they almost never succeed to stay sober. On top of that, in this case, the main character was not only a major junkie but he also really loved to get high, even completely messed up, so it was a huge stretch to see him managing to kick the habit like that after his first attempt. Unsurprisingly, even though the book it was based on was supposed to be a true story, it turned out to be largely fictional after all (apparently, a huge controversy at the time) but, if you watch this movie, it was actually hardly surprising. Anyway, to conclude, I have to admit that I was maybe too generous with my rating here but I thought it was a decent watch and it is worth a look, especially if you like the genre.