It’s What She Would Have Wanted

The scouts

Most grief films genuflect at the altar of dignity—this one watches a woman weaponize tragedy like it's comedy gold, and the mess is glorious. The premise alone would make conventional festival programmers squirm, which is precisely why it works.

A clever subversion of the grieving-protagonist archetype that uses dark comedy as formal rebellion, though the tonal balance asks whether the film earns its provocations or simply courts them.

The entire film pivots on Holly's moral pivot—how Sutton and Dinkin thread that shift from genuine mourning into opportunistic storytelling hinges on a performance choice that could land as either satirical or glib, and that razor's edge is what makes it live.