Of course, if Carly weren’t adequately performed, then the entire film would fall apart. In her first credited role, Maddy Murphy is luminous and proves to be up to the challenge. She owns every second of the film, and the reason the film finds such grounded truth is Murphy. As she’s giggling with Greg in an apartment, such sweetness and optimism exude from her. When she’s consoling Maurice or trying to rationalize with Ben, her warmth and patience shine through in every line and second.
“…brilliantly backed up by an excellent supporting cast.”
She is brilliantly backed up by an excellent supporting cast. Keith Boratko is energetic in his few brief scenes and plays well off of Murphy. Ivan Greene is tragic and puts his full weight behind his scenes, so the audience feels his tragedy. Timothy J. Cox ably goes from despondent to apprehensive possession in just a few lines of dialogue. The turn works wonderfully, and he is still able to sell how much he cares for Carly all at the same time.
Miss Freelance works in every way. The emotions are high and realistic, the directing keeps things grounded yet intense, and the dialogue and characterizations are fantastic. It is all lead by an exceptional supporting cast and a phenomenal turn by Maddy Murphy as the titular character. If there is a flaw, it is simply that I wanted to spend more time with these characters as portrayed by these actors in this world.
"…In her first credited role, Maddy Murphy is luminous..."
