My Days of Mercy

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My Days of Mercy

R

2019

1h 43m

Drama

Romance

LGBTQ+

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The daughter of a man on death row falls in love with a woman who is on the opposing side of her family's political cause.

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Though My Days of Mercy's knotty romance drifts into melodrama, it's grounded by Elliot Page and Kate Mara's exceptional chemistry.

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Peter Sobczynski

RogerEbert.com

A well-meaning but increasingly contrived melodrama that is hardly believable or meaningful.

Rated: 2/4

Jul 5, 2019

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Phil Hoad

Guardian

The effervescent chemistry between the two leads [saves] it from Sundance-y overearnestness.

Rated: 3/5

May 15, 2019

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Larushka Ivan-Zadeh

Metro Newspaper (UK)

Contrived yet interesting and undeniably erotic, it's a queer story in both senses.

Rated: 4/5

May 15, 2019

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tt stern-enzi

Cincinnati CityBeat

As heavy as it sounds, there’s a quiet intensity in the frames, which are teeming with raw Midwestern ordinary-ness on full display.

Aug 26, 2023

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Ben Turner

The Pink Lens

You do care about the couple, but you can't help but spend the movie shaking your head about how alien the US penal system is. But the film does little to either pluck at your heart-strings or ignite your outrage.

Rated: 2/5

Sep 1, 2021

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CJ Sheu

Review Film Review

This means that the death penalty parts are actually much better than the rom-com ones, and the disparity leads to some tonally awkward mid-scene transitions between the two.

Jul 1, 2020

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David-Joe K

A great story with interesting characters and, it draws your emotions - isn't that what movies are supposed to do? I liked Lucy and Mercy and best of all, a happy ending :-]

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

08/10/25

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Alain E

It deals successfully with several difficult issues including family violence, the death penalty and acceptance of homosexuality. The sex scenes are not exploitative. They needed to be included in order to demonstrate that this is a legitimate way that brings two people together and doesn’t need to remain concealed. Also smart is the way crime is approached. We can disagree with executing the killers without believing that they were falsely accused.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/30/25

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Joshua m

Great acting by Page, Mara and Amy Seimetz. The film explores the complexity of the death penalty in subtle ways through a love story. It's a little slow at times but the pace is deliberate and well intended.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

06/27/24

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charming m

Come for the 'death penalty debate' and stay for the romance.... or come for the romance and stay for the death penalty argument.... either way it's highly watchable. actually, come to think of it, it's more of a sideways look at capital punishment with a romance thrown in, buoyed by great performances from the two protagonists Mara and Page, with just as many plaudits for the supporting cast. Standard US indie no, even if the girl-meets-girl hits standard romance tropes, your eyes are opened to the prison conundrum even if your mind isn't.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

06/16/24

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Horror fan 4

What a great story about when opposite sides of the death penalty meet. Loved it.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

06/16/24

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PridePosterStudios

“So where did you two meet?”

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

06/13/24

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Synopsis

The daughter of a man on death row falls in love with a woman who is on the opposing side of her family's political cause.

Director: Tali Shalom-Ezer
Producer: David Hinojosa, Kate Mara, Elliot Page, Christine Vachon
Screenwriter: Joe Barton
Distributor: Great Point Media
Production Co: Killer Films
Rating: R (Language|Strong Sexuality and Nudity)
Genre: Drama, Romance, LGBTQ+
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jul 5, 2019, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Jul 5, 2019
Runtime: 1h 43m

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