Review of Luckiest Girl Alive

This was adapted for the screen by the author of the novel of the same title, as befits something that's clearly based on an all-too-true story. As it's star and producer, Mila Kunis, has said: we've all got terribly messy junk in our pasts so we can relate. Of course, that messy junk isn't usually multiple capital felonies and horrific school shootings, but nevertheless I know what she means. A lot of us just choose to block it all out and even deny it ever happened. This movie is a powerful demonstration of why that won't work in the long term, and we must stand and face it. Ms. Kunis, as well as the young actress playing her character in school-age flashbacks, make this movie worth an extra star in my ratings.