Rent Compulsion (2022)
3.1 of 5 from 49 ratings
2h 54min
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- Synopsis:
- After surviving a major disaster, paramedic Jenny (Leanne Best) appears to be coping but in private, she's suffering severe PTSD. To escape her pain, Jenny's fallen into addiction to the point where she's about to lose everything she's ever cared about. Hope arrives in the shape of Sasha (Anna Chancellor); a good Samaritan who helps Jenny in her most desperate hour of need. As the two women bond, Sasha offers Jenny a solution to all her problems. But can Sasha be trusted? Or is Jenny about to unwittingly lose the biggest and most dangerous gamble of her life?
- Actors:
- Leanne Best, Danny Ashok, Krissi Bohn, Anna Chancellor, Amaya Faizy, Ben Tavassoli, Trudie Goodwin, Yennis Cheung, Florence Dobson, Isobel Middleton, David McClelland, Hayley Mills, Amerjit Deu, Chris Darwin, Martin Walsh, Olivia Rose Smith, Bronwyn James, Enid Dunn, Joe Simpson, Eleanor Appleton
- Directors:
- Noreen Kershaw
- Producers:
- Donna Molloy
- Creators:
- Sarah Deane
- Writers:
- Sarah Deane
- Studio:
- Dazzler
- Genres:
- British TV, TV Dramas, TV Medical
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Reviews (1) of Compulsion
Contrived Soapy Female-Interest Psychological Melodrama originally made for Channel 5 - Compulsion review by PV
OK so minus the themes - the cause of the PTSD etc (NO SPOILERS) - this could be one of those fluffy romantic made-for-TV movies on Channel 5 of an afternoon. It really is a soapy women's interest drama, and I counted just 2 roles for white males, both baddies as per usual, so the DEI tickbox department's been on overtime then. Unbelievable mixed marriage of the week here, as per so many TV adverts now. It matters, for authenticity's sake, to convince an audience to willingly suspend disbelief.
Some massive plot holes - in the UK, no-one is ever disconnected for not paying an electric/gas bill, ever. The most the companies can do after many months if force entry and fit a key/card meter.
Another one is the absurdity that a debt of a few thousand is supposedly crippling for a family with a headteacher husband on £50-60k+ pa and a paramedic wife on what, £35k? Have these people ever heard of loans? The average student loan now is £40 and those in debt tend not to own houses even if on a mortgage. SO some big unbelievable stuff here.
It's all rather contrived and convenient, full of coincidences, as if the writer created the plot then dropped the characters as actors into it. As all writers know, the characters should drive the drama, not act as puppets in a contrived melodramatic plot which strains the patience with its incredulity and also features some real cartoon character baddies, veteran actress Hayley Mills is one.
It passes the time, but too long and contrived, a bit like those romantic fiction or mystery ebooks that female readers gush about on Goodreads and Amazon reviews. It's the sort of thing that'd sit well as a short story in a women's magazine, or one of those Channel 5 afternoon made-for-TV movies.
It passes the time but is contrived forgettable nonsense really, not a serious analysis of PTSD either (why I watched it at all as I am researching the condition).
2 stars
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