What is this? Who is it for?
In 'Miss Meadows' Katie Holmes is the titular Miss Meadows, an elementary school substitute teacher of Disney Princess level positivity, who is also a muderious vigilante. She brings her own kind of justice to her decaying suburban Ohio neighborhood; she has a romance with a good hearted sheriff (James Badge Dale), who knows somethings off with her, but she's still Katie Holmes so he does his best to ignore his growing suspensions.
Miss Holmes just dominates this strange little film, giving what after 'Pieces of April' is probably my favorite Katie Holmes performance, it's just so odd. This low budget film has a deliberately artificial air, feels insubstantial and not fully develped, and needless to say there are tonal issues, but Holmes makes it watchable and weirdly charming. I don't know quite what to make of it, but I liked it. **1/2
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