How have I never seen this movie before now? Ashley Newbrough has been on my radar for at least a year or two. Wes Brown is always solid. And Jaeda Lily Miller by now has turned out more significant roles than a lot of adults and I think this might be one of her best even if it is early in her career.
I was thoroughly enjoying the story especially the three way relationship between man, woman and child. So much chemistry. Then after what I thought was a little hiccup (see below), it kicked into overdrive. Watch for the postcard size picture and take note of all of the people in it. But then the climax not only surprised me but touched me deeply, as well it should have. So well done.
The dialogue between Becca and Emily was a lot of fun and I always enjoy quirky characters. Emily is probably a bit too mature in some ways for her age and for a movie about child psychology, I think it's ironic that she exhibits thought processes a child her age hasn't developed enough for. But we call her precocious and audiences love it.
In some ways the story rehashed plot lines that have been done before, but Becca's thesis puts a fresh spin on it. And yes there were some other predictable things. I definitely saw the conflict coming, even if I thought maybe this was a terrible excuse to create a conflict. Yet it had to be that way for the whole thing to work.
Tiny pet peeves: 1) Some of us older adults can't read the tiny text on phone screens even if we pause it. 2) I'm always a little annoyed, especially in books, when more than a few words are spoken in a foreign language without an immediate translation.
I was thoroughly enjoying the story especially the three way relationship between man, woman and child. So much chemistry. Then after what I thought was a little hiccup (see below), it kicked into overdrive. Watch for the postcard size picture and take note of all of the people in it. But then the climax not only surprised me but touched me deeply, as well it should have. So well done.
The dialogue between Becca and Emily was a lot of fun and I always enjoy quirky characters. Emily is probably a bit too mature in some ways for her age and for a movie about child psychology, I think it's ironic that she exhibits thought processes a child her age hasn't developed enough for. But we call her precocious and audiences love it.
In some ways the story rehashed plot lines that have been done before, but Becca's thesis puts a fresh spin on it. And yes there were some other predictable things. I definitely saw the conflict coming, even if I thought maybe this was a terrible excuse to create a conflict. Yet it had to be that way for the whole thing to work.
Tiny pet peeves: 1) Some of us older adults can't read the tiny text on phone screens even if we pause it. 2) I'm always a little annoyed, especially in books, when more than a few words are spoken in a foreign language without an immediate translation.