Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- Graphic
- moody
- gritty
- paranoid
- late night thriller viewing
- crime film marathon
What critics said
Critics broadly found the film to be a gritty, stylish crime thriller elevated by Sarah Bolger's powerful lead performance.
What sets it apart
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Sarah's determination to protect her children transforms grief over her husband's murder into increasingly violent retaliation.
The Belfast setting, criminal underworld, neon-coloured lighting, and grim social atmosphere give the thriller a contemporary noir identity.
Sarah's widowhood, traumatized child, and investigation into the killing reshape her from vulnerable parent into an active avenger.
Richard C. Bell's cinematography and the film's neon-coloured lighting turn Belfast interiors and criminal encounters into vivid spaces of menace.
Films like A Good Woman Is Hard to Find, and why
Blue Ruin
shared gritty crime thriller framework, maternal desperation, and escalating revenge
You Were Never Really Here
shared female-led revenge narrative, bleak social realism, and visceral crime tension
Dead Man's Shoes
shared working-class setting, moral pressure, and stylish neo-noir atmosphere
The Nightingale
shared domestic vulnerability, crime conspiracy, and emotionally intense revenge arc
Movie Details
- Director
- Abner Pastoll
- Release Date
- 2019-10-25
- Runtime
- 97 min
- Rating
- 6.1 / 10 (201)
Cast
- Sarah Bolger
- Edward Hogg
- Andrew Simpson
- Jane Brennan
- Caolan Byrne
- Packy Lee
- Rudy Doherty
- Macie McCauley
- Susan Ateh
- Siobhan Kelly
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Philo, AMC Plus Apple TV channel, AMC+ Amazon Channel, AMC+ Roku Premium Channel, AMC+
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is A Good Woman Is Hard to Find about?
- A grieving Belfast mother confronts the criminal world behind her husband's murder to keep her children alive.
- What is A Good Woman Is Hard to Find like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of A Good Woman Is Hard to Find as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is A Good Woman Is Hard to Find violent?
- Yes. Ember rates the violence in A Good Woman Is Hard to Find as graphic.
- What did critics think of A Good Woman Is Hard to Find?
- Critics broadly found the film to be a gritty, stylish crime thriller elevated by Sarah Bolger's powerful lead performance.
- Which films are like A Good Woman Is Hard to Find?
- Films with a similar feel include Blue Ruin, You Were Never Really Here, Dead Man's Shoes, and The Nightingale.
- How long is A Good Woman Is Hard to Find?
- A Good Woman Is Hard to Find runs 97 minutes.
- Where can I watch A Good Woman Is Hard to Find?
- In United States, A Good Woman Is Hard to Find streams on Philo, AMC Plus Apple TV channel, AMC+ Amazon Channel, AMC+ Roku Premium Channel, AMC+.
