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Sweetness

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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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Matt Zoller Seitz RogerEbert.com The movie gets sillier and more panicked as it goes, and there are sequences where it seems like it’s contriving excuses to keep going. Mar 25, 2025 Full Review Alejandra Martinez Austin Chronicle One of the components that makes Sweetness such a compelling watch is the performance of its lead actor. Hallett as Rylee showcases an extreme but vital range of emotion. Mar 8, 2025 Full Review Jennie Kermode Eye for Film So carefully balanced is this that the film could almost have emerged as a romcom, and it’s that possibility, that clash between the absurdity that cinema has taught us to expect and the bitterness of real life, that makes it so effective. Rated: 4.5/5 Mar 24, 2025 Full Review Matt Donato Collider Higgins' script is barbed and acerbic despite its tweeny-bopper cosmetics, lulling audiences into a false sense of young adult terror. Sweetness is noisy and nasty, fitting right alongside last year's idol-centric Smile 2 and Trap. Rated: 7/10 Mar 21, 2025 Full Review Murjani Rawls Substream Magazine Are we merely looking for a savior because we want to become one ourselves? This question is why films like ‘Sweetness’ are compelling, even as more projects of this ilk search for the answer. Mar 18, 2025 Full Review Tina Kakadelis Film Obsessive Sweetness is Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen unchained by the constraints of Mickey Mouse. Mar 18, 2025 Full Review Read all reviews

Cast & Crew

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Emma Higgins

Director

Kate Hallett

Actor

Herman Tømmeraas

Actor

Aya Furukawa

Actor

Justin Chatwin

Actor

Amanda Brugel

Actor
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Movie Info

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
Production Co
Fela, When We Were Kids Entertainment
Genre
Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
English
Runtime
1h 33m