Dear Zoe Review: Sadie Sink Deserves Better Than This Lifetime Movie Wannabe

Fresh off of her acclaimed turn as Max Mayfield in Stranger Things Season 4, and a buzz-worthy role opposite Brendan Fraser in Darren Aronofsky’s Oscar-hopeful The Whale, Sadie Sink is becoming one of the most highly sought-after actresses working in Hollywood.

She’s more than deserving, as the latest installment of Stranger Things greatly expanded her role as Max, and her big scene set to Kate Bush’s “Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)” was one of the most widely discussed scenes of the year.

Her co-stars have sung high praises for her, Winona Ryder even called her “the next Meryl Streep.” Enter Dear Zoe, an independent production based on Philip Beard’s YA novel of the same name, which was filmed back in October 2019.

Having seen the movie, one has to think, maybe this should have just stayed on the shelf.

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