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If films (and books) such as Misery and The Fan (1996) have taught us anything, we know as soon as someone declares themselves as someone’s biggest fan, we know they’d literally do anything for the object of their admiration and we can assume bloodshed to swiftly follow. This set up of a famous person meets an obsessive fan usually shows us that its the average person who is the delusional one and that the famous person was just unlucky to encounter said fan. Sweetness tries to slightly switch this well worn dynamic by throwing in some extra unpleasantries, but does inevitably fall into familiar story territory.
Teenager Rylee is a devoted fan of Payton Adler, singer and songwriter for the band Floorplan. By chance she gets to meet him after a show, only to realise the recovering addict has relapsed. Her obsession with the singer becomes even more intense as she believes she can save him from his demons, even if it means handcuffing him, trapping him in her house.
