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‘The G’ Review: Grandma Is No Pushover in This Bleakly Effective Revenge Drama
Dale Dickey is the grandma you don't want to mess with in 'The G,' writer-director Karl R. Hearne’s second film.
The retribution visited upon exploiters of seniors by June Squibb in current sleeper hit “Thelma” has but Nerf-ball impact compared to the brass-knuckles style of vengeance practiced by Dale Dickey in “ The G.” This considerably less cozy tale has the star as a vinegary veteran of hard living who turns out to be very much the wrong person for organized criminals to safely prey upon. Known as “the G” to granddaughter Emma (Romane Denis), 72-year-old Ann Hunter (Dickey, playing a decade older than her age) is less fondly regarded by others, including in-laws who blame frail widower Chip’s (Greg Ellwand) declining health on her having married him. It turns out this is standard operating procedure for a well-oiled scam machine targeting vulnerable seniors, with corrupt doctors and judges declaring them incompetent so white-collar perp Rivera (Bruce Ramsay) can liquidate their real estate, savings, and other assets.
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