An Ugly Way Out || Perfect Sisters

I’ve been revisiting a lot of decade-old films these days. It usually starts with me asking my sister or parents, “Do you remember when…” and next thing you know, we’re talking about it and I’m revisiting the film again. There are a few I’ve rediscovered, and I can’t wait to share them with you all. The good, bad and ugly. This one might be a little ugly. Stick with me.

Perfect Sisters (2014)

Sandra and her sister, Beth, who is a year younger than her, live with their little brother, Bobby, and their 44-year-old alcoholic mother. The mother has a penchant for bringing in one man after another into their home as boyfriends, and they all end up physically and sexually abusing her, as well as her daughters.

Now that Sandra is a senior, she and Beth decide that they simply cannot keep enduring their mother’s negligent attitude and alcoholism. They plot ways to kill her because to them, her life insurance money is their best way out. Whether they will be able to carry out this scheme of theirs is one thing, but whether they will live to tell the tale is another.

If you’ve seen this film, one of the first things that would come to your mind is the secret language. Because these two girls develop a secret language that enables them to communicate without anyone understanding. I was barely a teenager at the time I saw this, and I thought it was pretty cool. You could guess that for many days afterwards, my sisters and I tried to form a language of our own, but of course, we couldn’t see it through.

Adapted from the novel, “The Class Project: How to Kill a Mother,” which is still based on a true life story, I believe that this movie is quite underrated and deserves better ratings than it got. Okay, maybe the acting left much to be desired, and calling it a horror mystery instead of a psychological thriller is quite a stretch, but the movie was enjoyable enough to classify it as some poorly done teen flick.

It could have been better, agreed, but the story in itself was deeply touching and is a mirror to the stories a lot of teenagers have. Given, most people would not want to or have the courage senselessness to take the route they did, but I guess that’s what makes the film rather special. It is one of those films people don’t talk about because I guess it wasn’t a success when it was made, and certainly not a success now. But I guess that would depend on how you see it. The way you would view it and all. Hope you enjoyed reading, though. What are your thoughts?

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