Sweet Girl 2021

Movie · 110 min · English · August 20, 2021

Directed by Brian Andrew MendozaWritten by Philip Eisner, Gregg Hurwitz

Starring Jason Momoa, Isabela Merced, Milena Rivero, Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, Amy Brenneman

Sweet Girl is a 2021 American action thriller film that marks Brian Andrew Mendoza's first time directing a feature film. The screenplay was written by Philip Eisner and Gregg Hurwitz. Starring Jason Momoa, Isabela Merced, Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, Adria Arjona, Raza Jaffrey, Justin Bartha, Lex Scott Davis, Michael Raymond-James, and Amy Brenneman, the story follows a father and daughter seeking revenge after a loved one dies from cancer. The pharmaceutical company involved withdrew a life-saving medication from the market. The film premiered on Netflix in August 20, 2021. Critics gave it poor reviews, criticizing its predictable plot and unfulfilled promise, though they praised its action sequences. Metacritic rated it as having mixed reviews. In October 2021, Netflix revealed that 68 million accounts had viewed at least 2 minutes of the movie within 28 days following its release.