Sweetness

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Sweetness

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2025

1h 33m

Mystery & Thriller

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When a chance encounter with her rockstar crush leads 16 year old Rylee to discover that he's addicted to drugs, she takes it upon herself to help him, ultimately forcing her teenage fantasies into reality.

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Barry Hertz

Globe and Mail

6d

A movie that is half locked-room thriller, half enjoyably bitter coming-of-age drama, Higgins’s film zeroes in on what can happen when young people grow up in an environment that encourages, even rewards obsession.

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Monica Castillo

RogerEbert.com

Feb 13

2.5/4

While 'Sweetness’ doesn’t quite resolve all of its ideas by the end, it’s tense and shocking enough to keep the adrenaline up. That Rylee is such an unexpected conduit for violence is just part of the film’s wicked sense of humor.

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Clint Worthington

RogerEbert.com

Jul 24

It plays the hits with remarkable style and an acid tongue.

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Eric Marchen

Rogers TV

4d

B

Morally complicated in its approach to mental health issues, not to mention drug addiction, the film remains consistently non-judgmental, failing to vilify one person over the other for the audience’s sake.

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Mel Valentin

That Shelf

5d

Pop music meets Misery in this enthralling psycho-thriller.

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David Nusair

Reel Film Reviews

5d

1/4

...compelling subject matter that is, for the most part, employed to woefully lackluster effect by Higgins...

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Tim B.

@SlimTim0707 4d

Sweetness takes the source material from Misery and transforms it into a modern tale that has both atmosphere and style. There is less focus on tension here and more on pure psychology, and while the plot is not flawlessly executed, the film is well cast with committed performances from Hallett and Tommeraas.

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Timothy V

@CanadianWriter 6d

Fun dark indie film and fantastic directorial debut. Creative team to watch.

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Nick B

@BrinteySpeans Mar 4

What an incredible directorial debut!! All the elements are operating at an elite level. The edit, the cinematography, the performances, the script, the MUSIC! Every choice by Emma Higgins is perfection. Such an impressive and fun film. Can't wait to see what she does next!

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Les N

@Vegas628 Feb 17

Frankly another American movie that hasn't changed in 60 years.

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Kate Hallett

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Synopsis

When a chance encounter with her rockstar crush leads 16 year old Rylee to discover that he's addicted to drugs, she takes it upon herself to help him, ultimately forcing her teenage fantasies into reality.

Director: Emma Higgins
Producer: Taj Critchlow, Daniel Quinn
Screenwriter: Emma Higgins
Distributor: Well Go USA Entertainment
Production Co: Fela, When We Were Kids Entertainment
Rating: R (Violence/Bloody Images|Drug Content|Some Sexual References|Language)
Genre: Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Feb 13, 2026
Runtime: 1h 33m

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