It didn't make me cry until the second time through.

Rating: 10/10 (17 February 2008)

My favorite film of the past year. Awesome story. Even though I loved "No Country.." and thought " There..Blood" (which will win the Oscar) was good. The short opening voice-over tells so much of the story...as we find out. Several of the quiet moments are the throat grabbers in this film. I know a social worker who despairs over the plight of urban youth today. I agree, but in his heart he is sure that if the 'government' would just take over and give out needs and love (?).. things would be OK, fixed and solved. NAH.(he'd say 'be better' because it's vague).
This movie is so authentic. For me only God has "solutions". In this world it's more about opportunities and choices. In this country, some of us have many opportunities (some still flame out), others get very few. After thinking about the movie end, both the choices would have been wrong...and right. The chooser just gets to live with the consequences. Sometimes it's like that.