To endorse what timlin says above, this is a fairly humdrum movie but hey, isn't life? I have to admit to taking a break but resuming later, and I'm glad I did. Hari Leigh is the glue that holds it all together and her trials and tribulations are all too real, all too reminiscent of our own messy young lives, when we do foolish things, get stoned too much, do things we regret. Yet she is a survivor, and a fighter, and we want her to succeed. So basically we stick with it because we believe in the characters and we like them, which for me is kind of basic to a movie. If I hate everyone in it and they alienate me, I'm going to switch off. Oh and by the way, terrific soundtrack (though I guess they never released a soundtrack CD).
Review of Small Pond
