Melancholic

Rating: 5/10 (8 August 2016)

This movie was a bit slow for me but I must say it does show very well the life, emotions of an addict.
The real-life lessons-people won't help you unless you are willing to help yourself and change your behaviour. People around us if we are luck they will try and help us but not if they sense that you won't change in anyway. Nicole tried to help Whip by telling him she was worried and that he should get help but what Whip did was verbally abuse her while trying to protect himself from reality, then he acted as his drinking was not a problem taking as a joke and making false promises(which could be called by the lack of him taking the whole situation seriously) that will go to a clinic as soon as they had gone far away. Nicole at this moment walked away. She realised he had no intention to change since he had still not accepted the reality and reflected to learn that his actions where keeping people away. As expected she came back when he learned from his mistakes, and realised he was the one in the wrong. You can't help someone that won't accept help. You just can't. No matter how much you want to help them. You can only help them once they realised they need help. Until they do that, you have to walk away.
Plausibility: well its is a very plausible story. It was new to me the suggestion that an addict won't consider his circumstances and that the addition will win even in situations when you might go to jail for life because of that. I can't comment on the plausibility of that but it is quite convincing.
Charakter analysis:Whip- not a bad men, an addict that was not ready to receive help until he convinced himself that he needed help. A good man because he could not say that a person who possibility died because she helped a kid, drunk while on duty and had an alcohol problem. Nicole- smart. I thought at the beginning that she gave up on Whip pretty quickly after he helped her time of need but now I think that she was smart for realising that someone can't be helped if they don't think they need help.
Acting: all I can say is that Denzel Washington is as amazing as always. There is no need to say more.
Plot/ Stortline/Storytelling: slow. I got bored pretty quick after the crash, things just didn't seem to get moving. But in the end it did pick up peace so It made slightly up for that.
Overall, a great movie that actually shows (not tells) the life of an addict and how addiction impacts his/her happiness and relationships.