Review of Purity Falls

Purity Falls (2019)
8/10
Cradle Robbers
19 April 2020
Warning: Spoilers
Miss Courtney McQueen is the pride of Purity Falls. As a role model citizen, she has been acknowledged with the Entrepreneurial Spirit Award in recognition of her selfless devotion in giving back to the community. The only little problem is that her main contribution is in the running of an elite call boy service, as she recruits members of the high school wrestling team to serve as consorts for well-to-do, middle age women.

Nicole Johnson has recently moved to Purity Falls with her two high school age children, Jason and Justine. The family is recovering from the loss of the dad, who died of a heart attack. Miss McQueen instantly sets her sights on young Jason and begins sending him out for lucrative assignations. One is with Miss Tiffany Harris, who is a local judge.

Of all the jobs in the world that would be the most ironic, the unsuspecting Nicole has become the high school's "guidance counselor." She receives troubling information from one student about acts against nature that are being committed in the community. It turns out that just everyone knows a little about the true nature of Miss McQueen's livelihood...except for Nicole Johnson!

There are many outrageous lines of dialogue in the film. But probably the best is when the naive Nicole believes that her son is working for Miss McQueen in landscaping. After she learns that other boys are engaged by her neighbor, she tells Miss McQueen, "You must have every boy in the neighborhood working for you!"

The runner up for best line in the film is spoken by Judge Tiffany Harris, when she describes the "landscaping" work performed by Justin, telling Nicole at a party that "I'm very satisfied with his work."

The filmmakers were successful in keeping some levity in the film. The characters were an interesting cross-section of humanity, including the mayor, Sam Wiley, who, it was subtly suggested, might have been in on the action of Miss McQueen's services himself. As appropriate for this film, the screenwriters were able to achieve a pleasurable climax.
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