Review of Hit & Miss

Hit & Miss (2012)
7/10
Bold and intriguing, with great performances, but several airy-fairy plot elements
6 March 2022
Particularly regarding guardianship and related family matters - as the events take place this century, when the UK was a member of the EU where those topics have (too) strict supervision and conditions. How a person with multiple identities and trying to avoid authorities, including police, in any way, is given custody right to minors? When the family itself is in need of improved care and living conditions? Plus a disturbed adult relative around children...

Oddity No. 2 - police invisibility following Mia´s "jobs". In the UK, in a relatively small surroundings, almost daily murders totally neglected by any authority?

Having said all that, I really enjoyed most of the performances, particularly Chloë Sevigny as Mia and Jorden Bennie as Ryan. The plot itself, including alternate tragic and comic moments, bring the viewers to an ambivalent ending, somehow promising the Season 2, but still never realised.

All in all, when you let yourself carry away with the events and concentrating on performances, you will have a rather pleasant experience. But for me, the evident lack of realism was often a disconcerting factor.
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