The new Apple TV+ original movie, Echo Valley —which began streaming today —will strike a heartbreaking chord for anyone with a loved one who’s struggled with addiction.

The question as to why a Sydney Sweeney movie isn’t enjoying wide theatrical release looms in the background as we watch Echo Valley (now streaming on Apple TV+). Is it because mid-budget Movies For Adults carry little weight anymore?

There’s something fittingly bleak about a thriller like “Echo Valley” unfolding on a quiet, isolated horse ranch, which is a place that should feel peaceful, but here, feels anything but. Julianne Moore and Sydney Sweeney lead this tightly coiled mother-daughter drama,