SECOND COMING is not a bad film. It lets us make up our minds about uncommunicative but loving mother Nadine Marshall, who is suffering from depression (and hallucination) perhaps because of her four miscarriages. Story and detail emerge slowly, and there's a painful long scene where the camera stays on their son Kai Francis Lewis whilst mother and father Idris Elba argue. Also, her sister is horrible.
But painful is a key word here - it's not enjoyable and a bit dull. (Would have been funny if it had been written by someone called Charlie Chuckles.) Well acted, though 25% of the dialogue is inaudible due to mumbling (as opposed to sound recording), which I think is inexcusable and ultimately down to Green's direction - so marks off for that.
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