3 Stars
The power of love.
Rocky start, but soon starts to get more complex. This actually does some unveiling of character layers as it goes long, the format is quick so that takes away from some of the intensity and could be interpreted as cavalier, but as it progressed I viewed it as more jumping through stages then dismissing them. The timeline is unrealistic, but the characters' investment isn't. Personally, I think it would be more powerful stretched out with more exploration of the complicated themes: drug addiction, recovery, emotional attachment versus avoidance strategies, social class, career politics, and trust.
As presented now, Ash and Colt are interesting men with rich backgrounds, but it ends up coming off more like a Cinderfella tale than it deserves--there's more meat, here.
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