From The Hollywood Reporter · David Rooney · · 1m 30s
Rosalind Eleazar breaks out in Misty Green
Chris Rock's fourth film as director turns one actress's worst week in Los Angeles into a star-making showcase for its lead.
In brief
Chris Rock's fourth film as director turns one actress's worst week in Los Angeles into a star-making showcase for its lead. Misty Green works because it refuses to separate talent from the grind, the rejection, and the bills coming due. Originally reported by The Hollywood Reporter.
Chris Rock directs again
His fourth feature as director is a sure-footed portrait of the Hollywood hustle, built around a single character having a very bad week.
A career past its peak
Misty is an actress still known mainly for a TV series that wrapped years ago, and the work has not come back since.
The week from hell
Eviction is imminent. Her bipolar brother has just left a psych ward and needs money and support. A sleazy old colleague offers a lucrative sex-work gig.
Her own worst obstacle
Her gifts are real enough to land her an acting job. The many scores she wants to settle with the industry keep getting in the way.
“the many axes she has to grind in the entertainment industry keep getting in the way”
Eleazar is a revelation
Best known as the grieving MI5 operative on Slow Horses, she plays Misty with grit, tenacity and a total absence of interest in being liked.
“bites into this gift of a role with grit, tenacity and zero-fucks-given scrappiness”
Two faces of LA
The film shows a city that is both a beacon of fame and a soul-sucking grind, where race, class and gender block you as surely as a hostile casting director. A24 releases it Oct. 9.
At a glance
Misty Green works because it refuses to separate talent from the grind, the rejection, and the bills coming due.
