twelve mile road is a 2003 drama film based on the new york times best selling book mystery ride by robert boswell .

the film was directed and written for teleplay by richard friedenberg .

the story is set in idaho and follows the challenging relationship between a daughter and her estranged father as they reunite and attempt to work out their complicated family issues .

twelve mile road is a made-for-television film starring tom selleck that debuted on cbs in 2003 .

twelve mile road

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12 mile road
airs sunday , september 28 , 9 p . m . et / pt .
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in the
12 mile road ,
selleck plays stephen landis , a happy man on the surface with unresolved regrets underneath whose loving girlfriend , leah ( anna gunn ) , and her teenage daughter roxanne ( tegan moss ) , have recently moved in with him .
selleck says he was approached with the script for
12 mile road
several years ago , which he loved . but the movie was never shot . five years later , his agent approached the actor with the opportunity to work on the film . selleck explains he immediately wanted to star in the film .
george wilson owned two hundred acres of land along the twelve - mile straight road in 1930 ' s cotton county , georgia . additionally , he owned the cotton mill . the jesups were the principal sharecropping family since the turn of the century . juke jesup ' s daughter elma and negro maid nan lived with juke in a house provided by george wilson while negro pickers like genus jackson lived in windowless shacks . elma jesup and nan grew up together and worked side by side in the cotton and cornfields . upon the
during the great depression life is hard in cotton county , georgia . in 1930 two babies are born ; one light - skinned and the other dark . they are passed off as twins . on the day they are born genus jackson is lynched and dragged behind a truck along the twelve–mile straight , the road leading to the nearby town . the family is soon being torn apart by the dark secrets they all share . set in the dark days of the depression , this epic story tells of great suffering in the small world of georgia as the in
parents need to know that twelve mile road is a melodrama with mature themes about a troubled teenage girl ' s summer stay with her divorced father on his farm . it features teen pregnancy , an abortion discussion , the death of a newborn baby , animal cruelty , some profanity ( including
bitch
and
ass
) , and a farm animal death though the message is ultimately a story about how a broken family heals itself over the years after a divorce , there are some clear pro - life , christian messages and heavy themes best for older kids .
florence , georgia , cotton county , the twelve mile straight road in 1930 ' s , depressed times on a farm . lynching and racism that makes you sick , women abused , deception and lies and secrets , some genuinely evil people . in the midst of it all a
colored
and a white baby are born . they called them gemini twins , and they wanted you to believe they were born of the same mother at the same time but of two fathers and because of that lie a man is lynched . up front i have to say this is dark , grueso
now i got to see that exact scene in person . steamboat springs didn’t have much beyond that single main road , really . we enjoyed the one day we spent there . i imagined it had a lot more to offer during skiing season .
things to consider : snow - covered mountains ; a broad , flat valley ; width of the road ; the type of cars ; the man’s style of clothing ; his stance and physique ; buildings in the background and their awnings ; stoplights and street light .
i always need at least one extra article to collect all the odds and ends that don’t fit anywhere else . generally those involve locations or topics that might be a little off center or peculiar . in other words , they certainly fit the definition of things needing a twelve mile circle visit , and maybe even worthy of a detour . they might not appeal to everyone although i bet at least one or two would sound interesting to most readers .
i would like to thank harper collins / ecco and eleanor henderson for the advanced readers copy in exchange for an honest review . 1930 cotton county , georgia and a young elma jesup finds herself pregnant . she gives birth to twins but to everyones surprise including her own , her daughter is light skinned and her son is dark skinned . the townspeople accuse local farmhand genus jackson of raping her . genus is lynched , dragged by truck down the twelve - mile straight and then dumped in the town square .
just down the road from buford stood a tree growing out of a rock . oddly this simple occurrence had some notoriety going back more than a hundred and fifty years . yes , literally a tree in a rock . people stopped to see tree rock and naturally i felt compelled to do the same .
county counting scratched an important itch along my preferred route and it also offered an attractive side benefit ; being able to stay in a lot of different colorado towns . each one displayed its own distinct personality . admittedly i gained a skewed perspective at ski resorts without the snow or crowds although i didn’t have any control over the timing either . several of the towns made it into earlier twelve mile circle articles and my adventures overlapped with some of those topics . now i finally got to see these rocky mountain places in person .
set in rural georgia during the years of the depression and prohibition . cotton county , georgia , 1930 : in a house full of secrets , two babies , one light skinned , the other dark , are born to elma jesup , a white sharecroppers daughter . field hand genus jackson is accused of her rape . he is lynched and dragged down the - twelve - mile - straight . in the aftermath , the farms inhabitants are forced to contend with their compliantly in a series of events that left a man dead and a family irrevocably fractur
the twelve mile straight by eleanor henderson is an epic historical novel set in georgia in 1930 . it was reminiscent of john steinbeck ' s of mice and men in both the style and atmosphere . back in the 1930 ' s the deep south continued to be a divide between the white and black americans . there were lies and lynchings , rapes and violence , and people turning a blind eye everywhere . it is not a comfortable read . it is deeply disturbing . in contrast there was love and loyalty between two girls . . . one blac
i began my run , made it a couple tenths of a mile and… started sucking wind . obviously i hadn’t acclimated as much as i’d thought . my legs seemed fine although i couldn’t get enough oxygen pumping to move them at anywhere near my normal pace . i throttled way back until i found a comfortable speed , a full minute and a half per mile slower than my normal pace . nonetheless i pounded the pavement for a little more than six miles ( 10 km ) and finished exhausted .
to see all of my book - related content , check out my blog @ urltoken the twelve - mile straight is not an easy book to read . it is not one that you read in one sitting or one that you read whilst sipping a cocktail , transported to a feeling of bliss . there is no happiness to be found in these pages , only anger and frustration and annoyance at the fact that you can’t step into them and save the characters from the cruel world in which they inhabit . i had to keep taking a step back from t
how i hate to begin this review with the sentence ,
let me begin by saying how much i admired and loved eleanor henderson ' s debut ten thousand saints .
because this infers that i wasn ' t as impressed with her new novel , the twelve - mile straight . sadly , that is indeed the case . henderson ' s second book takes place in the depression era south , rural georgia to be exact . it centers around the family of elma jessup , a young white woman living with her sharecropper father , juke , and their african americ
one of the great joys of reading is discovering an debut author whose work just blows you away . eleanor henderson did that to me with her 2011 novel ten thousand saints , set in 1987 new york city and vermont . it is such an amazing book ( made into a movie in 2015 ) , i put it on my most compelling books of 2011 list . i was thrilled to hear that henderson would be at the book expo this year signing copies of her followup novel , the twelve - mile straight . i was first in a long line of people , all eager
wow ! i was not surprised that this novel was a tough read , given the subject matter , but i was surprised that it was so good ! the author made rural georgia in the 1930s come alive with her descriptions of daily life and the struggles to make ends meet . the characters were well developed , as the story was told from varying viewpoints . the selfishness of human motivations were laid bare in this book , sparing no one . i loved how the truths in the story were revealed slowly , in layers , reaching backward and forward in time , until it was a fully formed yet imperfect flower . my mind keeps going back to the twelve - mile straight and the lives lived and lost there .
independence pass allowed automotive traffic on colorado state highway 82 to cross the sawatch range and the continental divide . this covered the shortest direct distance between aspen and our next stop in leadville . however , the road also closed during the winter and didn’t reopen usually until the friday before memorial day . sometimes it opened later and i sweated out those details as our trip approached . we caught a nice break and it opened on time this year so we drove across the pass about five days after its seasonal availability .
i didn ' t even know this was made for television . . . a good small film with good acting . maggie grace and tom selleck have great chemistry as father and daughter , the rest of the cast isn ' t bad either . the quiet pace fits well with the country atmosphere , and dulcie ' s journey to finding herself again is believable . the most impressive scene in the movie , for me , was when dulcie ran into the forest , her dad catches her , she screams and her dad asks ' are you crazy ? ' . that ' s where the chemistry really clicks , i get the feeling some other actors might have completely ruined the film . 12 mile road is not a very original film , not even particularly thought - provoking or profound , but it ' s a great pick to watch a film with your girlfriend that both of you can enjoy . recommended unknown film .
after several rocky years , divorced farmer stephen landis ( tom selleck ) seems to have gotten his life together : his business is thriving , and his personal life has found stability and support in the form of his current girlfriend , leah ( anna gunn ) , and her teenaged daughter , roxanne ( tegan moss ) . things change radically when dulcie ( maggie grace ) , stephen ' s 16 - year - old daughter from his first marriage , comes to stay at his farm for the summer . stephen ' s ex angela ( wendy crewson ) has warned him that the mercurial , streetwise dulcie is
troubled
- - but that ' s not the half of it . the girl ' s disruptive and self - destructive behavior , coupled with stephen ' s ingrown feelings of guilt , threatens to ruin his present life and blight his future - - until fate , and a driving rainstorm , intervene . made for television 12 mile road first aired september 28 , 2003 .
residents of denver often call it the
mile high city
because its downtown closely straddles the 5 , 280 foot ( 1 , 609 metre ) barrier . the local baseball stadium even features a row of purple seats on its upper deck to mark the memorable elevation . while impressive to a flatland easterner like me , it hardly compared to some of the other places i reached in colorado . i doubled that elevation during our adventure and pushed upwards even farther .
i hadn’t planned to increase our elevation gradually as the week progressed although our selected route did just that . it seemed like a good idea in retrospect even if it happened by coincidence . on the second day we’d bumped our altitude from a mile high to about 6 , 900 ft . ( 2 , 100 m . ) as we arrived in steamboat springs . i began to feel acclimated at that point , no longer woozy and lightheaded from oxygen deprivation . my body seemed to have adjusted .
thanks to edelweiss and ecco books for an advanced copy of this book . after reading the first chapter of this doorstop of a historical fiction novel , i thought i was going to love it . it had a great first line , was hard - hitting , and hooked me immediately . but , the story just went on and on and on . i felt like i was reading this book for weeks ( it was actually 10 days ) . henderson told the extended backstories of seemingly almost every character in the book , which could have been cut back . i just wanted the story to be tighter , because it certainly had good bones ( to use a real estate term ) . and , by the time i got to the end , i didn’t care about the answers to most of the major questions…i just wanted to be done . who thought this was a good idea ? * to be fair , i didn’t have much time to read during the first half of the twelve - mile straight and i wonder if i would’ve felt differently had i been able to invest more time and mental energy to it up front . for more reviews , visit my blog : urltoken
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a divorced farmer takes in his troubled teenage daughter for the summer , a summer which changes the lives of the two of them , and their friends and family .
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monte walsh and chet rollins are long - time cowhands , working whatever ranch work comes their way , but
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divorced farmer stephen landis has girlfriend leah and her daughter roxanne move in with him . his wild and unpredictable 16 year old daughter dulcie comes for a summer visit . stephen believes his ex - wife angela is exaggerating dulcie ' s troubles , but comes to worry about her . dulcie and roxanne form a friendship , and with the time spent over the summer , grows closer to her father , and the wounds between all three are healed .
it ' s highly unlikely that a small suv ( probably a ford explorer ) could hit a cow hard enough to kill it . and drive away . the damage to the radiator alone would be more than enough to stop the car . and as the car drove away there was no apparent damage to the hood or right front fender .
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their peaceful country life is soon disrupted by the arrival of stephen ' s wild and unpredictable 16 - year - old daughter dulcie ( maggie grace ) . at first , stephen thinks his overwhelmed ex - wife , angela ( wendy crewson ) , whom he still misses , has exaggerated dulcie ' s troubles . however , he soon witnesses dulcie ' s bizarre and destructive behavior .
selleck previous cbs shows were the successful
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which aired in 1998 .
in october , he ' ll be heading to nova scotia to work on a new miniseries based on the scott turow book
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when i saw dulcie feed that cow anti - freeze , i wanted to beat her within an inch of her life . i ' m glad i never had children because i would die to see one of them do something so evil like that .
solid hallmark - style movie . didn ' t get to watch it all the way through , but saw most of it , and while it ' s cheesy , it was pretty entertaining . until i get to watch the whole thing , i ' m going to temporarily rate this four stars . this will probably be my final rating though .
this is the kind of lifetime movie that you might find yourself watching when your child is up all night with a tummy bug . the plot is a cliche and the acting is uninspired . ohio ' s maggie grace is probably the highlight .
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a divorced farmer takes in his troubled teenage daughter for the summer , a summer which changes the lives of the two of them , and their friends and family . stars tom selleck , wendy crewson , maggie grace and anna gunn .
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family ; grief ; healing ; space to change and grow ; dealing with your problems .
dad is patient and caring ; mom wants what ' s best for her teenage daughter . other adults are engaged and present ; most of the teenagers are presented as hardworking and honest . central protagonist dulcie is a troubled girl who taunts , provokes , and mocks to test boundaries but eventually finds meaning in her life .
a truck almost hits a girl , swerves , hits a cow , killing it ; newborn baby dies , shown in coffin ; girl feeds cow antifreeze ; woman with bruised face says she ' s been hit by boyfriend ; girl calls her mom and pretends she ' s the police , saying she ' s been raped and murdered ; mom slaps daughter ; man cuts cow open to save calf , but no bloodshed .
some kissing ; a woman in a nightgown ; shirtless guy pours water over his head ; girl tells friend to have an orgasm while looking at a guy ; man and woman in bed after implied intercourse ; teenage girl discusses fear of pregnancy ; abortion discussed openly as an option to unplanned pregnancy .
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fed up with her daughter ' s acting out and bad attitude , divorced mom angela ( wendy crewson ) sends troubled teen dulcie ( maggie grace ) to live with dad stephen ( tom selleck ) on his farm . soon dulcie makes friends with dad ' s new girlfriend ' s daughter , roxanne , learns to help around the farm , and begins to figure out how to give more meaning to her life .
as a divorced couple resonate , and some of the quieter but more authentic moments of life on the farm have a picturesque beauty . but the movie hinges on troubled teen dulcie , who overacts through the film with tantrums and provocations that are never really explained and that don ' t seem to fit the quiet thoughtfulness of everyone else in the picture .
plus , it throws some heavy punches in the maturity department : teen pregnancy , animal cruelty , a newborn ' s death , a frank discussion of abortion as murder , some evangelism , and profanity throughout . this is more likely to be a hit among christian families who are looking for a reaffirming message , even if it throws a few curveballs . likely to spark discussions .
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at the beginning of the show seattle attorney angela landis ( wendy crewson , an actress i quite like whose presence in this film was one of the reasons i wanted to see it ) has had it with her rebellious teen daughter dulcie ( maggie grace ) . the last straw is when angela catches dulcie getting a great deal of her body tattooed ( though no trace of tattooing is seen on maggie grace’s body throughout the rest of the film ) ; she yanks her out of the tattoo parlor and announces that she’s shipping her off for the summer to her dad , stephen landis ( tom selleck , top - billed ) .
number ; they bought a farm in idaho , intending to stay there a few years and then return to city life — only he loved the great outdoors so much that he chose to stay there , while she hated it so much that she bailed on the marriage , moved back to seattle , got her law degree and settled into private practice , attempting to raise dulcie as a single parent and concentrate on her career . unbeknownst to angela , stephen has just met a new girlfriend , leah ( anna gunn ) , and she’s just moved into the farmhouse and brought her own daughter roxanne ( tegan moss ) with her . the moment dulcie shows up at the farmhouse and hates it so viscerally that she lashes out by feeding antifreeze to one of her dad’s cows ( it was interesting that lifetime ran this right after
, which also contained a scene in which a troubled child took out his / her own outrage on a cow ) , we just know that scenarist richard friedenberg ( adapting a novel by robert boswell ) is going to have her eventually fall in love with the place and want to stay there .
the child has a rare genetic ailment and only survives a few days , but in the meantime leah has bailed on farm life and told stephen that she regrets that she ever met him — and dulcie departs the idaho farm community on schedule but turns out to be listless and uninvolved in her old life . with the same kind of desperation ronald colman showed to get back to shangri - la at the end of
, dulcie steals her mom’s credit card , buys herself a plane ticket to idaho , hitchhikes from the airport to daddy’s farm and announces her intention to stay there — and when her mom shows up to retrieve them , mom and dad ( who’ve been divorced for a decade , remember ) end up in bed together . with mom’s career preventing a full - on reconciliation , she agrees to let dulcie move back in with her dad and , in the final scene , dulcie and her dad keep a dying cow alive long enough to give birth to a calf ( the credits even list lee romaire for “special makeup effects : calf birthing sequence , calf puppet” ) .
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as a resident of idaho , i couldn ' t resist watching this movie , plus it had tom selleck . the storyline was common enough , divorced parents , daughter lives with mom , daughter is a wreck , mom dumps daughter on dad who has a farm , and daughter goes from bad to tolerable . actually , the plot works , simply because everyone plays the part like real people . it ' s almost like we stepped into a reality show . we don ' t get to see every little thing lined out ( hmm , we have to think for ourselves ? that ' s different ) , and there is no great resolution . life is like that sometimes - - most of the time . this was a pleasant way to spend the evening , but not a terribly memorable movie . tom played a farmer fairly well , and the rest of the cast filled in the movie all right . the only character that didn ' t get a chance to develop was leah , tom ' s live - in girlfriend . she wasn ' t allowed much range , yet the one line she delivers about wishing she hadn ' t ever met tom ' s character felt real and sincere . if it comes around on tv or if you want a soft free watch from hulu - give this one a try .
enjoyed this picture which dealt with a farmer , stephen landis , ( tom selleck ) who lives with his wife and his wife ' s daughter . it seems that stephen was married to another woman and they also had a daughter and his ex - wife was having problems with her teenage daughter and decides to send her to her father for a few months during the summer . the teenage girl is from the city and on the wild side of life and going on a farm will simply blow her mind completely away , which it does . there are all kinds of problems that face this family during the summer and of course , one of the girls becomes pregnant along with cows as well . nice drama and tom selleck gave an outstanding performance in this film which was photographed in the state of idaho . good viewing .
i ' d like to see the sequel of that movie . the movie portrays a situation common or frequent enough in life . all the characters play parts that are believable . i ' m not including details not to spoil it for others , but the end of this movie is really the beginning of another story . i ' d like to see more of that story . i particularly enjoyed the males ' dialogue lines in the movie . they portrayed strong men , living strong , respectable values . the men portrayed good role models . the women ' s lines were all decent as well . thank you for that . i ' d love to be part of a writing team of that genre and caliber . thanks again .
i thoroughly enjoyed this down - to - earth story of a divorced couple who get together again , love blossoms once more and a family is back together again . the entire cast does a great job in this very touching tale with a good message . i am very pleased that such an appealing film was even considered for production in today ' s hateful film climate where almost every movie has to have flaming car wrecks , burning buildings , grotesque monsters , space ships and godawful special effects . this film is about real people in real situations that touch one ' s heart . let ' s have more like this . my only objection : tom selleck wears a grossly inappropriate monstrous moustache . shave it off , tom ! and for scenes where you don ' t have a shirt on , you might shave your chest , too , which looks like an overgrown forest !
unrealistic . because who would put up with a daughter like this , besides and extraordinarily weak father ? who would let their immature , naive 18 yr old daughter get married ? even if she is pregnant ? who would expose the daughter of a gf to his daughter if she was in this shape , and then stick up for her no matter what , and get mad at his gf for telling him the truth about her ? and then there is the feeding of the anti freeze to the poor cow . to me , this is the movie about a really weak father and his damaged daughter . i would have straightened her up , not made excuses for her misbehavior , or expect others to put up with it .
now this is what i call a good movie ! ! my melissa and i watched it and absolutely loved it ! it was about a man who lived in the country . he had a daughter who was a mess . the daughter ' s mom made her move up to her dad ' s farm . yes , the mom and dad are divorced . so , this beast of a girl moves up there and feeds one of tom sellecks ' s cows ant freeze . that was amazingly cruel . tom selleck ' s character even misses a wedding because he wanted to help a cow become unstuck . that was interesting . i love cows as well , but i mean , come on . there was an unusual cameo by patch adams . it ' s so hard to see that though . so many good things about this movie . i don ' t regret watching this tear jerker . in other words , my dame cried .
rachel mcadams and keira knightley would be so disappointed in maggie grace . . . : - (
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divorced farmer stephen landis lives a normal life with his girlfriend leah and her daughter , roxanne until his daughter dulcie comes for a summer visit after having a fight with her mother . during the summer dulcie starts to heal her problems with her parents and they get together again .
divorced farmer stephen landis lives a normal life with his girlfriend leah and her daughter , roxanne until his daughter dulcie comes for a summer visit after having a fight with her mother . during the summer dulcie starts to heal her problems with her parents and they get together again . ( less )
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a divorced farmer ( tom selleck ) deals with the unexpected arrival of his troubled daughter ( maggie grace ) .
from new york times bestselling author eleanor henderson , an audacious american epic set in rural georgia during the years of the depression and prohibition . cotton county , georgia , 1930 : in a house full of secrets , two babies - one light - skinned , the other dark - are born to elma jesup , a white sharecropper’s daughter . accused of her rape , field hand genus jackson is lynched a
[ no , elms was not raped , was part of the cover up . wilson was nan ' s child by genus jackson , from whom he inherited sickle cell disease . ( hide spoiler ) ]
[ the author wasn’t clear whether genus and elma had sex - i can understand why it made sense to leave it up in the air at first , and i concluded that they were not physically involved despite desire on both parts . however , one sentence on page 168 said that
he had a hand on both their behinds
. i guess this is more a question for the author - why does the novel say this ? ( hide spoiler ) ]
as far as i could tell he was just fantasizing that part , of having both girls . he never laid a hand on elma and did have sex with nan
this historical southern gothic novel set in the depression era and prohibition is a hard read with its relentless depiction of the jim crow time . it is 1930 in florence , cotton county , georgia , when a sharecropper ' s daughter , elma jesup , a white single woman , gives birth to the gemini twins , one baby is white , and the other is ' coloured ' , an exceedingly strange event . elma ' s father , juke , who sells moonshine , is instrumental in pointing the finger at the good , kind and sweet genus jackson as th
e - galley provided through the generosity of edelweiss , ecco publishing and author , eleanor henderson , to be published september 12 , 2017 . a shout - out to bookseller , charles bottomley of northshire bookstore , manchester , vermont for his recommendation of this forthcoming book . eye - brows are raised and tongues are wagging as well you might think they would be when you hear the premise of this story set in 1930’s cotton county , georgia . elma jessup , the unmarried pregnant daughter of a sharecropper
i came to respect and appreciate this novel more than it promised in its opening pages . but i never did come around to liking it , exactly . which i daresay is the author ' s intent . ms . henderson testifies to this on the back cover :
i wanted to capture the innocence of those country stories , and also to fracture it .
fracture it she does , far beyond a funhouse mirror and into a thousand jagged shards . this is a punishing book . oh , it ' s easy enough to read , and ( for the most part ) smoothly told in it
* * 3 . 75 - 4 * * eleanor henderson had me hooked from page one – with the mystery of these two babies born with different skin colors ( no spoiler – this is part of the book jacket copy ) . then she reeled me in with the unimaginable actions of one of the characters against her own daughter . and i had to know : “how on earth could she… ? ” and “why on earth would she ? ” and then… other events occur that had me flipping pages for more answers . the stakes are high early - on in this story that is a reminder of the
find all my book reviews , plus fascinating author interviews , exclusive guest posts and book extracts , on my blog : urltoken the book is written in a distinctive narrative style which conjures up the period and location in which it is set . from its immensely powerful opening chapter , the book tells a story of poverty , cruelty , prejudice and secrets . ‘there were things no one wanted known by the outside , and no one knew that better than elma . ’ although it would be unfa
this got off to an emotive start with the lynching of a young black man accused of raping a white girl who has given birth to twin babies , one white , one black . but this implausible scenario is just the start of a tale which feels predictable , overly melodramatic , and too long . with a narrative which moves back and forth in time and with extended back stories to new characters , the plot seems to circle and stall rather than progress . the themes , too , can be ticked off on one hand : rape , violence
this got off to an emotive start with the lynching of a young black man accused of raping a white girl who has given birth to twin babies , one white , one black . but this implausible scenario is just the start of a tale which feels predictable , overly melodramatic , and too long . with a narrative which moves back and forth in time and with extended back stories to new characters , the plot seems to circle and stall rather than progress . the themes , too , can be ticked off on one hand : rape , violence , patriarchy , racism , misogyny . . . all important issues , for sure , but they ' re too pat here , used for dramatic effect rather than real insight . the twisted relationships feel contrived and the writing is somehow distanced so that it ' s difficult to feel involved . there are a lot of books out there about the american south and its oppressive past : this one repeats all the usual tropes and adds nothing new to the mix .
dnf ' d this one at the halfway point . i was into it when it first started , but by the halfway point , it seemed like the plot was spinning its wheels in the mud . part of it was for every character in the novel , there was a lengthy backstory to introduce . the shifts between the character ' s past and where they were in the current timeline was not handled smoothly . i also didn ' t buy the
gemini twins
angle because it seemed so implausible that people in the area who knew the family would be gullible
dnf ' d this one at the halfway point . i was into it when it first started , but by the halfway point , it seemed like the plot was spinning its wheels in the mud . part of it was for every character in the novel , there was a lengthy backstory to introduce . the shifts between the character ' s past and where they were in the current timeline was not handled smoothly . i also didn ' t buy the
gemini twins
angle because it seemed so implausible that people in the area who knew the family would be gullible enough to think both the colored baby and the white baby were born to elma . maybe it was better explained in the portion of the book i skipped . henderson does have a nice way with description and the dialogue seemed authentic , so did the historical aspects . maybe some stronger editing might ' ve served the story better and tightened it up into a four - star read for me .
i loved this book ! it was written with such authenticity that you almost thought it was a work of non - fiction . you can tell the author did a lot of research on the area even down to the cadence in the deep south during that era . it was uncomfortable to read about the mistreatment of many of these characters as the author makes you feel like you are right in the room . well done !
thanks to edelweiss and ecco books for an advanced copy of this book . after reading the first chapter of this doorstop of a historical fiction novel , i thought i was going to love it . it had a great first line , was hard - hitting , and hooked me immediately . but , the story just went on and on and on . i felt like i was reading this book for weeks ( it was actually 10 days ) . henderson told the extended backstories of seemingly almost every character in the book , which could have been cut back . i just w
wow ! i was not surprised that this novel was a tough read , given the subject matter , but i was surprised that it was so good ! the author made rural georgia in the 1930s come alive with her descriptions of daily life and the struggles to make ends meet . the characters were well developed , as the story was told from varying viewpoints . the selfishness of human motivations were laid bare in this book , sparing no one . i loved how the truths in the story were revealed slowly , in layers , reaching back
i don ' t know where to start , i loved this book so much . how ms . henderson can be in the mind of so many people and write like she was there just astounds me . she made me feel i was there in this tale of poverty , hate , prejudice , and just plain evil . mixed ancestry incest rounds out the story . not for the faint hearted , but not to be missed .
first , i ' d like to thank ecco for the giveaway and goodreads for hosting it ! i ' m so very grateful for the chance to pick this book up ! while i didn ' t particularly enjoy this book there was nothing inherently wrong with it , the writing was beautiful , the characters interesting , i would even go so far as to say the non - linear plot was expertly crafted . i felt immersed while i was reading it but as soon as i put it down it felt like a chore to pick it back up , i think this is due to two main reasons
first , i ' d like to thank ecco for the giveaway and goodreads for hosting it ! i ' m so very grateful for the chance to pick this book up ! while i didn ' t particularly enjoy this book there was nothing inherently wrong with it , the writing was beautiful , the characters interesting , i would even go so far as to say the non - linear plot was expertly crafted . i felt immersed while i was reading it but as soon as i put it down it felt like a chore to pick it back up , i think this is due to two main reasons . one , despite being complex , i felt virtually no connection to the characters . maybe this is because of the style of narration or perhaps it ' s because their only purpose to the story was a vehicle for the tragic circumstances of the plot . which brings me to number two , everything is so very bleak and joyless with no relief from characters , dialogue nor circumstance . i ' m sure this is by design and clearly it worked for many people , it just didn ' t work for me .


oru oorla is a 2014 tamil-language indian feature film directed by k. s. vasanthakumar for producer p.velusamy , starring venkatesh , neha patil and indrajit .

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oru oorla aka oru oorla is a tamil movie with production by p velusamy , direction by ks vasanth kumar , cinematography by arul vincent , ds vasan , editing by mahendran . the cast of oru oorla aka oru oorla includes annapoorani , indrajith , neha patil , venkatesh .
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oru oorla rendu raja ( aka ) oru oorula rendu raja is a tamil movie with production by sheraphin raya xavier , direction by r kannan , cinematography by p g muthiah . the cast of oru oorla rendu raja ( aka ) oru oorula rendu raja includes priya anand , soori , vemal .
titled oru oorla rendu raja , the film features vemal , soori and priya anand in the lead .
oru oorla rendu raja is a tedious comedy drama that attempts to highlight the inhumane working conditions of factory workers in our country , says s . saraswathi .
the hackneyed climax , lackluster performances , tiresome comedy , unexciting music coupled with the director’s inept execution makes oru oorla rendu raja a total waste of time .
oru oorla rendu raja tamil movie review , rating the much awaited oru oorla rendu raja released on friday ( november 7 , 2014 ) as the dasara slap - up repast for eyes to entertain all the tamil audience . amidst many expectations , the movie was released in many screens across the nation and the world .
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oru oorla is a romantic drama directed by vasantha kumar . the movie has venkatesh and neha patil in the lead roles . the music is by ilaiyaraja and this movie is ilayaraja ` s 999th movie .
oru oorla rendu raja review – oru oorla rendu raja is a tamil action comedy released in 2014 . azhagu and michael are jobless youths who meet doctor priya on a train journey . azhagu instantly falls in love with priya . when they become aware of the social cause priya is fighting for and the danger lurking over her life they decide to go to any lengths to save her and help her succeed in her cause . will they succeed is the plot of the movie .
it is so unfortunate that a profound subject like industrial pollution is trivialised in kanan’s oru oorla rendu raja ( two kings in a land ) through a train of distracting songs and dances as well as mindless buffoonery that is passed off as comedy .
after settai , a remake of delhi belly it is the turn for an original script from r . kannan who alternates between the two . with his last two outings not exactly hitting the bull’s eye what does kannan have to offer us through oru oorla rendu raja ( oorr ) ?
prolific director kannan is back with his own script , oru oorla rendu raja ( oorr ) . as the title says , two goodhearted men are the lead players with the comedian ( soori ) in fact taking center - stage . when the two men are aimlessly travelling on a train journey , they encounter a beautiful and purposeful young woman ( priya anand ) , and obviously one of them ( vemal ) falls for her .
as far as the story of oru oorla rendu raja is concerned , it is a pass through story about two friends - vemal and soori as azhagu and mike . the duo happens to meet the heroine priya in a train . she is an educated girl hails from madurai . as the movie advances , it turns to be a routine love story with embedded comedy element . vishakha singh appears in a cameo and iniya has done a special number in the film .
oru oorla rendu raja presented by s . michael rayappan is excellently directed by r kannan . as the name it self talks about the movie , it is a story of two friends who consider themselves as the kings , who hail from the same village . vemal in azhagu’s role and soori in mike’s role have given their best in the movie . priya anand is presented so beautifully in excellent costumes . she played the role of priya in this movie . the music scorings by d imman is an added asset to the movie . however , the bgms are not so appealing .
in this short film generation , the youngsters are trying hard to make an impact in whatever way it is possible and sweating out to get an entry to the dream town . but , at the same time , k - town produces n number movies without any motive and the take the audience for granted . ‘oru oorla rendu raja’ falls in the latter category and tests the patience of movie goers . kannan had a terrific debut with ‘jayamkondan’ and carried the tag of , maniratnam’s assistant . unfortunately , after his first movie , he hasn’t done much to keep his graph growing in the positive end .
o ru oorla rendu raja is that inefficient employee in the company you are uncomfortable about firing because he is such a well - meaning fellow otherwise . the film arrives close on the heels of kaththi with its anti - corporation sentiment . to make the package look more appealing , the film has a love angle , a comedy track , and duets , unconvincing , unfunny , and pace - hampering , respectively .
oru oorla rendu raja has a social message in its core . it seems to be the trend of voicing against the corporate depleting the environment and causing hazard to lives of people . the social message is the only factor of appeal in the movie . director r kannan has relied on some average comedy sequences to move the screenplay in which the entire social message gets weak . the comedy is also very forgettable but for very few punches . vimal and soori has repeated their template style of movies . soori has played a dominant role while vimal has underplayed his role . he should start trying to come out of his template to explore other areas in acting . priya anand has a good role to play in the movie . sundari penne song has been shot very well . if the director had given more weightage to the social message he wanted to convey rather than fitting the story to the stars it had the potential to become an interesting watch . also certain shots and the detailing of the shots are just below average .
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the real story is how priya ( priya anand ) , a doctor , discovers the inhuman conditions in a factory , and decides to start legal proceedings against its owner ( nassar ) . the decisive scene that reveals the factory owner’s mercilessness reminds you of the scene in mannan when vijayasanthi refuses to take an accident victim in her car , worried the blood may smirch her car seat . this bit , the crux of the film , is sandwiched between so many bad comedy set pieces that you can’t help but be disappointed , as you’d be when you bite through the flaky crust of a chicken puff to discover that it contains very little meat inside .
the final act has resolutions that leave you baffled . the ending , especially , seems as if the filmmakers suddenly realised that the movie had gone on for too long and decided to bring it to a swift conclusion . when priya is shown subtly indicating her love at the end , you are left shaking your head in disbelief . azhagu has almost sabotaged all her good work and priya falls in love ? but by then you are desensitised enough to not let it bother you too much . a message at the end of the film says , “save human” . well , a good start would be to make films with purposeful dialogues , lesser clichés , and not belittle real problems with pointless comedy and unreal solutions .
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azhagu ( vimal ) and michael ( soori ) are on the run from some angry villagers and board a train to chennai . on the way they meet priya ( priya anand ) a good hearted doctor and our hero falls madly in love with her . priya is a crusader fighting for some workers in a factory run by the unscrupulous selva vinayagam ( nasser ) and his cruel wife ( anupama kumar ) . priya ' s best friend kalpana ( visakha singh ) had died due to the carelessness of the factory management who are trying to suppress it .
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overall the movie has very few pluses in terms of its social message and songs . apart from that the movie falls into the trap of average comedy sequences which you might get to see in 24 hour comedy channels .
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in 2013 , he attempted the remake of the super hit delhi belly with a disastrous settai .
the director has chosen to tackle the issue of the inhumane working conditions of factory workers in our country and the unnecessary loss of life due simple negligence and lack of empathy .
set in the backdrop of a steel factory , the film highlights the total disregard of safety norms and the hazardous work environment in our factories today .
the film opens on a train journey between tuticorin and chennai . two good - for - nothing friends , azagu ( vemal ) and mike ( soori ) are escaping to chennai after soori’s plan to elope with his girlfriend fails . also on the train is the lovely priya ( priya anand ) , a medical college student in her internship year .
there is an emergency on the train , a woman in labor . priya efficiently handles the situation , the child is safely born and azagu promptly falls in love with her .
a few songs and several totally boring comedy scenes later , we come to the crux of the matter .
a man wielding a knife attacks priya . azagu saves her and the narrative moves to a flashback mode . priya is travelling to chennai to attend the hearing of a case filed against steel factory owners , nasser and his wife anupama kumar .
the workers of this factory are forced to work without the appropriate safety equipments using decades - old machines causing deafness , infertility issues , heart - related problems and cancer . a determined priya has moved the court and hence the attempt to murder her .
post interval , the film is all about whether azagu and mike can safely deliver priya in court .
the film does have an interesting plot , but the director’s weakly - sketched characters fail to make any impact despite the gravity of the situation . the performances of all the lead actors leave much to be desired .
on the other hand , soori and thambi ramaiah appear overenthusiastic . most of the comedy is completely lame , lots of annoying drinking jokes and innumerable songs , placed at an interval of every 15 minutes .
music by d . imman does nothing for the film . the songs are , however , well - picturized and cinematographer p . g . muthiah does deserve some credit . even at just 2 hours and 11 minutes , the film seems incredibly long and disappointing .
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the film will have a rural background with vimal playing an educated youth from a farming family and the troubles he gets into due to his energetic nature . [ 2 ] later in that month , priya anand was signed on to play an
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it is not ethical to reveal the entire story . so , as a one word conclusion , the hans india team reviews this movie as good comedy entertainer with routine stuff that is found in indian cinema .
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two carefree and jobless youngsters meet a girl on a train . just when you think it is going to be a routine love story you come to know that the girl has a noble mission and how she goes about achieving it with little help from our heroes is oorr .
vimal shows improvement with his screen presence and he has grown in leaps and bounds as a dancer . that apart the film as such offers him very little scope . soori gets to mouth most of the dialogues . he comes up with a relatively understated performance . but the humour in oorr is particularly dry . you hardly recollect a couple of scenes that provided genuine laughter . priya anand is quite herself and does a neat job in a rare film that has a meaty role for the female lead . nasser scores again while anupama kumar annoys you with her exaggerated villainy .
imman is an asset to oorr with all the songs striking a chord . as standalones they rock . but they are badly placed in the film . editing seems shoddy with abrupt cuts at more than one occasion . the stunt sequence involving vimal , soori and stunt silva is nicely done . for a change the heroes get beaten up . more refreshing is that all the three involved in this sequence are actively involved in the fight all the time , in contrast to all those films where one person is always passive and at the receiving end of the blows .
kannan has taken up an important issue . for a few minutes you even get reminded of kaththi with the theme having a little similarity to it . another notable aspect of the film is that priya anand is actually the protagonist and the film actually travels with her . even the help that vimal and soori do are not exaggerated and it is priya anand who does most of the job . but why this title then ? probably a commercial compulsion . the film never really grips your attention . the initial scenes are uninspiring and bore you . when the main plot takes centrestage , the dubbing and accent of vishaka singh strikes a fatal blow . when such an important character is given such a careless treatment oorr begins to lose it’s credibility . ultimately the film neither entertains you nor convincingly drives home the message .
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priya anand is a doctor , who visits a village near tuticorin and finds out many people are becoming deaf , and percentage of women complaining about miscarriage are alarming . priya and her team eventually get to know the steel factory which owned by nasser is the reason behind all this . the factory produces more than 130 decibels sound and the people who works in the factory leads a miserable life without proper safety measures . how priya anand saves the lives of people with the help of vemal and soori forms the rest of the story .
there’s no doubt on kannan’s ability on penning a story , but , his screenplay had let him down big time . talk about screenplay , an intro song for vemal & soori – check . force an unnatural comic episode to convince the audience that there is actually some logic – check . a sentiment scene to create a love angle between the lead pair – check . and , the list just goes on and on till the interval , and it keeps continuing after the interval as well .
soori scores much better than vemal & priya anand with his natural dialogue delivery and not over the top facial expression . priya anand is one dimensional and doesn’t make the needed cut while delivering some powerful one liners . apart from adding one more movie to his career , vemal hasn’t achieved anything big in this role . nasser and thambi ramiah too did not make any difference to the story .
music – imman’s songs neither made an impact nor pulled the movie down . actually , to an extent , a couple of songs , save the bland narration and there is no scope for elevating the movie with bgm’s . so , imman gets a pass mark here .
cinematography – muthiah’s camera evokes the sad state of factory workers and presents the songs in a colorful manner . both priya anand and vemal look beautiful in the song sequences , and that deserve a special mention .
action – stunt silva made an impressive cameo only to die in the hands of vemal and soori . though , the stunts don’t excite you much , at least it doesn’t ask you to take your mobile and check notifications .
dialogues – kannan had penned some wonderful dialogues to highlight the corporate greediness , but , that has been overshadowed by the below par screenplay . priya anand must work on her expressions and so does vemal too .
apart from few gripping moments in the first half , say 10 - 15 minutes while explaining the exploitation of workers at the steel factory , the rest of the movie falls short . on a positive note the movie’s run time is just above 2 hours and one must be really thankful to the editor , surya . at the end credits , the movie carries ‘save humans’ . the obvious question is , who will save the audience ?
verdict : a spiritless commercial movie made with a tinge of social message to convince the viewers that there is something called story in it .
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unwanted by the other members of his family , theri , a scrap yard worker , turns an alcoholic after the death of his mother . however , his life undergoes a sea change after his sister - in - law delivers a girl child . he turns a new leaf , the reason for his transformation being his belief that his mother has reborn as his niece . he promptly assumes the responsibility of protecting and providing for the child . it is under these circumstances that his brother ends up having a fight with a sex worker . the spat turns ugly and results in a tragedy .
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yaan tamil movie review | jiiva , thulasi nair , ravi k . chandran - tamil talkies
26 years ago for kamal . . . now raja does it for mysskin !
we learn about her profession and the ominous task at her hand , through a flashback sequence which works well due to the inherent social interest angle and priya anand ' s earnest performance . vishakha singh ' s special role in this segment shapes the course of the movie . from here on , the film takes a predictable course with villains in pursuit , regularly placed hummable songs , some comedy involving thambi ramaiah as well , a needless segment of melodrama and finally the positive finish .
priya anand is the biggest plus point in the movie . when she isn ' t at her glamorous best in the songs , she just sports a simple black ' salwar ' suit all along . her fluency in english serves her role well . vemal ' s trim makeover is a clincher but he plays second fiddle all through the movie . he seems to have enjoyed the much - needed spotlight in imman ' s song sequences which have been filmed well by dop p . g . muthiah . but his picturesque ' helicam ' shots have been overdone , one feels .
mazhakaatha is easily the best among the songs and possibly a big crowd favorite , thanks to imman ' s peppy composition and priya anand ' s ravishing screen presence . kukkuru sung by lakshmi menon has been filmed as a highway number featuring iniya and is bound to be another hit number . but all the songs might work better when seen standalone on music channels , than when seen along with the movie , due to their unimaginative placement . imman ' s background score adds depth to the emotional scenes .
soori shoulders yet another movie and his quick mention of the ice bucket challenge is really funny . his viability and pull at the box - office is proven yet again by the magnitude of his role in oorr . nasser eases through his role as the villainous and self - centered industrialist , while anupama kumar as his equally evil wife , appears out of her comfort zone . the actor playing the hindi speaking railway police shines in a small role thanks to his spontaneity .
in all , oorr springs a surprise thanks to the social interest factor and the characterization of the lead heroine . aside from that , it is a regular commercial fare targeted at the mass audiences . the run - time is crisp too !
is old wine in new bottle . it ' s a story that has been told a hundred times , this time with new set of actors . kannan must have written his script on the sets and changed it according to the packaging .
it follows the formula and there are no twists and turns and even camera movement of hero and heroine introduction has been repeated in earlier films ! added to that the film also has a message about how
noise pollution
has become a health issue among those working in factories .
the only silver lining in the film is priya anand , who is the real hero of the film . the script revolves around her and she looks glamorous in song sequences . d imman ' s music is decent , but there are too many songs , and placement is jarring . among the songs
mazhakaatha . . .
is the pick of the lot . vimal just sleeps walks through the movie , soori ' s comedy is irritating while nasser hams it up as the villain and anupama kumar is miscast as the villie !
on the whole kannan has come out with a film which is targeted at b and c audiences . there is no logic , but the major plus is that the film has a running time of 2 hours and 5 minutes . phew !