I watched "Unbelievable" in my spare time in two days, and I burst into tears at the end. There are many despairing and suffocating things in this world, but a good biography should point out the problems in reality and tell the audience that "there will always be light".
This point pokes me.
On the one hand, I was so excited for Mary to be redeemed, that she could finally stop questioning herself and the world. Mary told Officer Karen that after the rape, she would be thinking, "If the world is so ugly, am I still alive?" Until later she heard Karen and Officer Grace's pursuit of rapists. She, and finally brought him to justice, Mary wakes up every morning, finally imagining that something good will happen.
The transition between these two ideas is not easy.
On the other hand, I was moved by the creator's intentions.
Through this rape case, they showed the different attitudes of men and women towards "rape". They pointed out the problem, but did not criticize men. This degree is actually not easy to grasp. According to the current atmosphere, if you criticize men a little more, you may get more ratings and forwarding publicity. The scornful scolding can't make the world better. This drama is not only for women, but also for men. Although men still can't fully understand women's fear of rape after watching it, they will really encounter such a thing in the future. , will have a little more empathy.
So Mary went to the male police officer to ask for an apology, and said to him, "Do a better job next time, okay?" I also think this point is particularly good. We should not criticize good people who have done wrong, but we should let him know what is wrong and examine himself. That way there will be more and more good people who can do things. Conversely, if the masses criticize good people excessively, no one will be willing to do good deeds in the future. This includes Mary's adoptive mother. She adopted Mary out of good intentions. Mary's previous behavior will indeed make her doubt the authenticity of the case, especially since she has been raped in the past.
What happened to Mary made me very desperate. I once thought that even if the two female police officers solved the case, they might not find Mary for various reasons, and Mary would spend her whole life in the shadows, or even go to a dead end.
It's too risky that "Unbelievable" didn't do this. The purely dark ending will certainly bring people a painful reflection, but... It will also incite the audience's despair for the world, when the masses think "this is the world" At times, when they encounter bad things, they will not take the initiative to seek assistance from the judiciary and society, which is useless anyway. This is not a good thing.
The way to deal with the world should be...even if you are disappointed, you can't despair.
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