It eventually transpires that Mercy may not have been completely forthcoming regarding certain aspects of her life. Alas, things prove to be not that simple after all. While Martha has effectively dedicated her entire life to proving her father’s freedom-her only other activity seems to be sometimes sleeping with the lawyer ( Brian Geraghty) who has taken the case-and Benjamin is too young to remember his father as anything but a prisoner that he has hardly seen, Lucy is a little more conflicted and this unexpected relationship with Mercy offers her a genuine taste of freedom for once. Before long, Lucy finally admits that her anti-death penalty stance is even more deeply personal than Mercy’s position-her own father ( Elias Koteas) is facing his own imminent execution date for killing her mother.ĭespite the enormous gulf between them on this particular issue, there is an undeniable spark between them that continues on as they meet up at various stops on the execution circuit and chatting online before the relationship inevitably, if secretly, blooms into a full-blown romance. After arriving at their destination, she catches the eye of a young woman on the other side of the protest named Mercy ( Kate Mara), a budding lawyer who is there because the man being executed killed her cop father’s longtime partner.
It turns out that they are anti-death penalty activists who travel to protest at the sites of imminent executions in opposition to the pro-death penalty forces that have also turned out. Unfortunately, the rest of the movie never comes close to approximating the sheer audaciousness of this bit, instead squandering it on a well-meaning but increasingly contrived melodrama that is hardly believable or meaningful.Īs the story opens, we see Lucy ( Ellen Page) on what appears to be a road trip in a dilapidated Winnebago with her older sister Martha ( Amy Seimetz) and much younger brother Benjamin ( Charlie Shotwell). The meet-cute (AKA when two characters first start a romance) that kicks off “My Days of Mercy” has to rank as one of the oddest ever put before a movie camera-it may not be humorous or cute, per se, but it is certainly one of the most unusual that I can recall seeing.
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