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Reviews
The Pardon (2013)
watchable
Keep it simple...this movie is a waste of time! However, and a big however...Jaime King's performance as Toni Jo Henry, the condemned killer is good, very good and perhaps the only reason to see the complete movie.
The overall production is amateurish. Everything from props, makeup, editing, acting, directing somehow is attention getting in an annoying way.
But, the true story line keeps your attention along with King's performance. (spoiler possible) By the time Toni Jo sits in the electric chair we really don't care one way or the other. After all she was involved in the murder at least as an accomplice.
It's on Netflix (as of 12-22-2015)
Little Boy (2015)
good film and a good tearjerker
tearjerker. This is not necessarily a family film. It is chock full of racism and other bigotries that don't conclude at the films completion. Other reviews highlight the story so I won't.
If for nothing else almost the entire production rests on young Jacob Salvati who portrays eight-year-old, Pepper "little boy" Busbee. I don't know his actual age during the filming. I realize many critics panned this film and I was surprised. Critics sit all day watching movies so they are jaded.
I really liked it and you can get it on Netflix (12-21-2015)
The only thing that stands out is the location. I know of no high mountain along the California coast. I see the film was made in Mexico but that should not detract from the overall experience.