Four Good Days (2021)

Introduction
"Four Good Days" is a moving drama film that premiered in 2021. Directed by Rodrigo García, the motion picture comes to grips with the intricacies of the opioid crisis and dependency. The movie stars Mila Kunis as Molly and Glenn Close as her mom, Deb. It's based on a true story initially told in a 2016 Washington Post post by Eli Saslow.

Plot Summary
The movie provides Molly, a persistent heroin user who has tired all her resources due to her dependency. She shows up at her mother Deb's doorstep after years of estrangement, pleading for aid to get tidy. Deborah is reluctant but eventually concurs, mindful of her daughter's fourteen attempts at sobriety.

For 4 days, Molly should remain tidy to take an opioid villain shot, which might help in reducing her drug yearnings. Accepting this challenge, Molly starts a tough journey towards sobriety with her mother by her side throughout her detoxification process. The waiting duration is painful, filled with uncertainty and missed chances, intensifying the already laden mother-daughter relationship.

Styles
"Four Good Days" checks out dependency's raw, unpleasant truth, the toll it handles household relationships, betrayal of trust, and the desperate struggle for recovery. Kunis provides an effective efficiency as Molly, truly embodying the character's anguish, struggle, and desperate expect a life free from dependency. Glenn Close, in turn, remarkably depicts a mother tormented by regret and the worry of losing her daughter.

Resolution
The film uses suspense throughout the detoxing period successfully, keeping us thinking whether Molly will regression or not. In the end, after a turbulent journey, Molly gets her shot. Regardless of this little triumph, the movie does not use a sugar-coated Hollywood ending. Instead, it explores Molly's acceptance of the addicted part of herself, the lifetime journey of sobriety, and reparation of strained relationships.

Crucial Reception
"Four Good Days" was praised for the raw and practical efficiencies of both Kunis and Close, their chemistry as a strained mother-daughter pair, and its empathetic representation of the struggle with dependency. However, some critics felt that the narrative fell into some clichéd tropes of dependency dramas and did not have depth in exploring the wider social roots of the opioid crisis.

Conclusion
"Four Good Days" is a gripping tale that looks into the extreme realities of addiction and the tough journey to healing. With standout efficiencies by Mila Kunis and Glenn Close, the film works as a poignant exploration of the relationship between a mom and child captured in the throes of an opioid crisis. It reveals addiction not as a moral stopping working, but a disease, offering a heartbreaking but ultimately human portrait of strength and the power of familial bonds.

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