Skunkyrate Gripping story with well-crafted characters

Humaira Grant It’s not bad or unwatchable but despite the amplitude of the spectacle, the end result is underwhelming.

Rio Hayward All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

Melanie Bouvet The movie's not perfect, but it sticks the landing of its message. It was engaging - thrilling at times - and I personally thought it was a great time.

JohnnyLee1 Loved the leads and wanted to see how their two lonely characters turned out. Could have been grittier. Screenplay seemed underdone at times. Extra star for the laidback soundtrack from (I think) the Milk Carton Kids. (viewed 10/16)

ajrg-17-381639 This is an unusual drama. A family is living a marginal life being the rejects of town, kids that should never have been born from druggie parents who abandon them before the film. The oldest daughter before the film has given up her escape, spent one year in college, to take care of her brain damaged brother and much younger sister. They think the world of her. The town considers her a slut. She picks up a drifter bum. Both are damaged people who do not give a lot of themselves. In the end she marries him giving up her dreams of getting out but having help from a man she loves in raising the family and he finds a place where he is needed and appreciated. They do not become middle class and he does not stop drinking and the younger sister does not stop being a druggie. It is just a slice of life and it is hard to see this as unrealistic or a fairy tale. It seems kind of gritty. I thought the directing was fine and the acting was good. It was a bit more real than I wanted.

BittanyG Rarely write reviews but feel I had to counterbalance the bad ones above. I also stumbled upon this one on Netflix. Sure glad it got a second chance there. I completely fell for this movie, it made me cry which hasn't happened in a very long time from movies. Someone complained of its being unbelievable but please which movie isn't, Lord of the Rings?. The most unbelievable part from a non-US perspective would be the parents leaving like that. But that aside I felt the story well written, the characters believable, the acting fantastic and the movie as a whole felt true and well just wonderful. Can't believe the rating (from the very few who seem to have seen it) is so low but note that Im not alone in really liking it. Interesting how people judge films so differently. This certainly struck a chord within me. If you like indie, drama and are a sucker for romance and feelgood don't miss out on this one. Luuuuved it!

Michelle Jones I stumbled across this on Netflix and apparently this was perhaps a straight to DVD video, so I wasn't expecting much but it turned out to be a sweet, heartfelt drama. Amy is a young woman with a bright future and college scholarship but chooses to stay home to care for her younger siblings when their parents abandon them. The movie starts after she has been home for a while and is dealing with the frustrations of small town life with parental responsibilities of two teenagers. When a stranger, Sam, drifts into town with his own challenges and interacts with Amy, they each have to come to terms with what happiness means to them.