Overview
A poignant exploration of love and justice unfolds amidst the turmoil of death row.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Measured
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- Mild
- melancholic
- intimate
- serious
- quiet evening
- arthouse film night
What critics said
Critics broadly found the knotty romance melodramatic but grounded by Elliot Page and Kate Mara's exceptional chemistry.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Lucy opposes an execution while Mercy supports it, and their attraction is complicated by the death-row cases affecting both families.
Protests, legal appeals, and the siblings' father's death-row case make the death penalty the central ethical conflict.
Lucy and Mercy's lesbian relationship unfolds amid prison activism, family trauma, and opposing views of execution.
Lucy seeks to save her father from execution while Mercy supports an execution involving a mentally disabled man.
Films like My Days of Mercy, and why
Carol
lgbtq+ romance shaped by opposing political and moral convictions, with intimate performances and melodramatic tension
Freeheld
emotionally restrained queer romance foregrounding social barriers, legal institutions, and exceptional lead chemistry
The World to Come
politically engaged lesbian relationship drama balancing personal intimacy against institutional conflict and family pressures
Movie Details
- Director
- Tali Shalom-Ezer
- Release Date
- 2018-03-31
- Runtime
- 108 min
- Rating
- 7.3 / 10 (252)
Cast
- Elliot Page
- Kate Mara
- Amy Seimetz
- Charlie Shotwell
- Elias Koteas
- Tonya Pinkins
- Brian Geraghty
- Beau Knapp
- Jake Robinson
- Denise Dal Vera
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Darkroom, Lionsgate+ Amazon Channel
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is My Days of Mercy about?
- A grieving young woman opposing capital punishment falls into a dangerous, tender romance with a lawyer who supports it.
- What is My Days of Mercy like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of My Days of Mercy as measured, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as layered.
- Is My Days of Mercy violent?
- Only mildly. Ember rates the violence in My Days of Mercy as mild.
- What did critics think of My Days of Mercy?
- Critics broadly found the knotty romance melodramatic but grounded by Elliot Page and Kate Mara's exceptional chemistry.
- Which films are like My Days of Mercy?
- Films with a similar feel include Carol, Freeheld, and The World to Come.
- How long is My Days of Mercy?
- My Days of Mercy runs 108 minutes.
- Where can I watch My Days of Mercy?
- In United States, My Days of Mercy streams on Darkroom, Lionsgate+ Amazon Channel.
