Film Review: Fresh Kills

Screen Thoughts - Movie & TV Reviews · Oct 14, 2024 · 8m

Christine Merser (AKA Hollister) goes this one alone Fresh Kills, according to her review, should have been front and center at the Academy Awards. Was it overlooked because it's the first mafia genre film told from a woman's perspective? How could it have been overlooked? According to Hollister, it provides a perfect script, amazing acting, and a plotline that explores not only insight into mafia life but also inner family relationships: a strong father versus a daughter who wants out, a mother who doesn't see her daughter as something other than what she was, even though she knows it is not…