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No One Would Tell (2018)
Epic Teen Tragedy
This movie is based on a true story. The cutbacks to the story during the trial might confuse some viewers, but you have to see it from the beginning.
This story hits home hard for some career moms today, however, it highlights that teens should not keep silent concerning peer abuse. There ARE teen abusers, male and female. I have seen BOTH with my own children.
My daughter got punched ONCE that I saw, the day of her first prom that night. I happened to look backward as I shut the front door and saw him grab her by the hair as she had leaned in the passenger side window. He held her by her hair with his right hand as he double punched her TWICE with his left hand, and yes, the boy was a southpaw. I ran to the car, looked at my daughter, told her to get some ice, jerked his back door open, got in, told him to drive to his house. I was going to speak to his parents to decide the rest of his life. Trust me, there were no more proms in his future.
This movie is so much more to the point. The girl only dated this guy less than 6 months and lost her life! She tried on numerous occassions to break it off with him. He then would proceed to tell her how ugly she was, belittle her, undermine her self confidence, and you can not tell me that the teachers, students in the halls, and others had NOT CAUGHT his manipulations, language, and obvious psychopathic tendencies. I also kept wondering what WAS the purpose of the blond snobby, standoffish, classmate who stood by with very obvious envy, jealousy, and smiling throughout the whole movie.
Girls like that contribute greatly to the under current of "disenfranchised youth". To her STATUS, is above everything. The RIGHT, clothes, right BOYFRIEND, right CAR, right EVERYTHING. Just so look as IT looks right and is the IN THING, IT has to be RIGHT. So WHAT IF you have to endure some petty humiliation? At least you have the right clothes, makeup, car, parents, and BOYFRIEND on your arm. You can do and say anything you want or need as long as you at least PRESENT yourself and anyone or anything as the proper person is on your arm.
Now, on to the complacent adults. In what universe do parents EVER just let their teenaged children go and do what and when without the who, what, when and HOW. THER moral compass what so ever.
Do not even get me started on the drones running the school, who notice , NOTHING!! Parents, school officials, absolutely NO ONE in a position noticed not one thing off.
The Broken (2008)
Snooze Fest WITHOUT Rhyme or Reason
This was 88 minutes of my life wasted. Sure it's set in London. That's about the only interesting part of the movie. I watched a similar show that was in a 30 minute format by Rod Serling back in 1960 that made more sense. This movie never explains the premises of the dooplegangers coming out of mirrors that people look in everyday. The premise is absurd and if a child happened to see it, say aged 12 or 14, they'd be affraid ot mirrors for life. I say this because latchkey kids MIGHT stumble on it by mistake. If they caught on to the idea their life could be overtaken by someone that looks like them coming out of the mirror, it could be devastating to their phyche.
It was done seeming as an art piece, with no real color. Shades of black, white, grey, and an off color red Jeep Cherokee. Go figure. Color, full color might have made it more interesting.
The lead in "information" is misleading. Saying to the effect, "Gina finds out someone is taking over her life. She then finds out her family is in on the deception." Blatant lie to get viewers. I might have paid to see it since I like Lena Headey and I'd like to see her acting AFTER Game of Thrones.
This mess of a movie was beneath her capabilities in my humble opinion. My advice, find another way to spend 88 minutes of your life. I don't know how this movie made it through Sundance. This movie was basically a remake with extras of the Twilight Zone installment, plus a movie aptly named "Doppleganger", and expounded on an Alfred Hitchcock episode. It was like plagiarism of all three without a satisfactory ending. At least those others were able to give the audience closure.