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Stream It Or Skip It: ‘Misty Green’ on Netflix, Boasting a Starmaking Performance by Rosalind Eleazar
Misty Green, Chris Rock’s new Netflix film, follows Misty, a struggling actor whose eviction and drug use push her towards a series of risky choices. Rosalind Eleazar leads the film in her first feature role, and the review argues that her complex performance stands out more than the film’s material.
Misty has seven days to find somewhere to live and seeks work through auditions, while facing strained relationships and an offer of a morally dubious job in Dubai. Rock also plays a director who may offer her a part in a Vancouver production of Dreamgirls. The review finds the film ambitious in its treatment of race, sexism, class and homelessness, but says its crowded story, thin supporting characters and lack of tension weaken the payoff.
In short
- Rosalind Eleazar gives the film a standout lead performance.
- Misty faces eviction and a risky offer of work in Dubai.
- The review says the film’s ambition exceeds its storytelling.
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The case for
The film’s ambition to connect Misty’s housing insecurity and risky choices with race, sexism and class gives it a timely social scope, while Rosalind Eleazar’s layered performance can make the character’s struggles compelling even when the story is crowded. Its unevenness may reflect an attempt to portray overlapping pressures rather than reduce them to a simple arc, and the review sees Eleazar’s work as a reason to watch.
The case against
The film’s serious themes and strong lead performance may not compensate for a crowded plot, thinly drawn supporting characters and weak tension, which can leave Misty’s decisions and their consequences less persuasive. Viewers looking for those themes to be developed with focus and for the story to deliver a satisfying payoff could reasonably find that the ambition exceeds the execution.
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