Yes, Four Good Days is based on based upon journalist Eli Saslow's 2016 Washington Post article "How's Amanda?A Story of Truth, Lies and an American Addiction". The real Amanda Wendler struggled with a decade of addiction, before moving in with her parents to get clean.
Four Good Days is based on an article, titled How's Amanda? A Story of Truth, Lies and an American Addiction (via The Washington Post), which tells the true story of Amanda Wendler.
Did you know. As of 2021, Amanda Wendler (on whom this film was based) has been clean for 4 years. She and her mother Libby Alexander now advocate for addicts and their families.
What happened to the real Molly? Mila Kunis' character is based on Amanda Wendler and while the article ends with Amanda once again struggling with withdrawal, in real life, Amanda Wendler has recovered from her addiction but maintains that it is still a daily struggle to stay sober.
At the center Molly receives the opioid antagonist shot, but due to her having drugs in her system, she goes into acute withdrawal, and they rush to the hospital. Four months later, Molly is still living with Deb, visits her children regularly, is getting ready for her next shot, and is on her way to recovery.
The question of whether Amanda stays clean or not is never resolved. However, in Four Good Days, the film ends with Molly on the road to recovery, four months on from her withdrawal and relapse. Four good months later.
Four Good Days does have a positive ending. After a relapse that nearly killed her, there is a time jump four months into the future and Molly has remained clean. She is still living with her mother, but looks healthy and has continued her recovery process with no further relapses.
Eventually, maternal love and enduring hope win out as she agrees to help Molly through the four days she needs to stay off heroin before starting monthly injections that will block opiates from having an effect on her body.
The film is based on a true story, having been adapted from an article published in the Washington Post in 2016 which detailed the story of Amanda Wendler and Libby Alexander, written by Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Eli Saslow.
Kunis and Kutcher have been married since 2015, and welcomed Wyatt in 2014 and Dimitri in 2016. The actors are very private about their kids, keeping them off of social media and out of the public eye, but they do occasionally share glimpses into their family life.
Kunis lost 20 pounds from an already light frame and wore prosthetic “meth teeth” in the film, and also had to capture the jittery convulsions or “tweaking” of an addict. “The physicality of it becomes really challenging, and she's just in a constant state of despair. My character never had any release.
What is the movie about the mother drugging daughter?
In the psychological thriller movie Run, a young girl named Chloe Sherman is made to believe that she is extremely sick by her mother — and the story is so harrowing that many wonder if drugs like Trigoxin are real and if the events of Run actually happened.
While the film's leading cast gives fantastic performances, Four Good Days lacks focus and fails to expand upon its emotionally powerful moments. While It's painful to go on this film's journey fighting addiction, the most redeeming feature is Close and Kunis' acting.
The role provides a different twist from Hillbilly Elegy, where regional culture played into the story. In contrast, Four Good Days involves no specialty make-up or specific location. It looks at a sadly common situation, filmed in the generic-looking Santa Clarita section of southern California.
For her prima ballerina role in Black Swan, Kunis's trainer put her through a rigorous 6-month diet and fitness routine in order for her to shed 20 pounds off of her already lean physique. She ate only 1200 calories per day and worked out 7 days per week up to 5 hours per day.
On average, people can lose anywhere from 3-10 pounds on a 3-7 day juice cleanse. However, some people have reported losing up to 20 pounds on a longer cleanse. It's worth noting that the weight loss you experience on a juice cleanse isn't just water weight.
