| I rented this last year and found it horrendously depressing. I guess
it was well done, as far as that goes, but I found Sweetie herself to
be one of the most revolting characters I've ever seen in film. It
really left me with a bad feeling. As I was rewinding the tape I was
thinking, "Why did I ever watch this?"
Lorna
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| I found that 'Sweetie' was compelling and awful at the same time the way
that accident scenes can be. One feels compelled to look and is horrified
at the same time.
The way in which Sweetie can be 'near-normal' at times and her sister (and
rest of the family for that matter) be 'near-crazy' at times creates a
dysfunctional situation that has a sense of inevitable tragedy.
Sweetie really brings into consideration how far responsibility to ones family
extends.
For it's feel-bad factor, I'd compare this film with 'The Bad Lieutenant'
Unlike Keitel's totally unredeemable Lieutenant whose actions are far
beyond morally acceptable, Sweetie is only somewhat over the borderline of
moral acceptability which makes her far more sinister. I shudder at a
slightly mentally deficient, sly and totally self-indulgent woman creating
havok in her family insidiously and irreparably. The careening psychopath
in the Bad Lieutenant is totally obvious and not sinister in the same
manner. It would just be very bad luck to have him cross your path, like
getting a stray bullet in a drive-by shooting would be terribly bad luck,
but not as seemingly inevitable as a slightly deranged family member.
I felt like I needed a shower after both films.
Cheers,
George
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