Spiderwick Chronicles failed to
provide the same springboard for
her career as her compatriot. Bolger
has largely been relegated to
supporting roles in film and TV,
with the rare lead in low budget
productions like Emelie, in which
she’s chillingly convincing as the
babysitter from hell. It’s a shame,
as she’s every bit as talented as
Ronan, and A Good Woman Is
Hard to Find provides her with the
meaty role she’s been crying out
for over the last decade. In a lesser
actor’s hands, Sarah’s arc from a
mousy widow who cowers in the
face of adversity to a lipstick clad,
pistol wielding seeker of justice
would have come off as cartoonish,
but Bolger is so convincing
that she keeps the narrative firmly
within the boundaries of social
realism. Her face, with premature
bags under her eyes, is a portrait
of a woman on the edge of collapsing
under the weight society
and her unfortunate circumstances
have placed on her young shoulders.
You desperately want someone
to give her a hug, but they’d
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