Seriously, have your own kids!

Rating: 7/10 (8 June 2010)

Okay, first off...let me just say, I was screaming at the screen watching this...and I watched it at home on DVD, so, my neighbors now have a beef with me - ug, I so can't wait to buy a house.
This is a very manipulative movie, and I say that in the best possible way...that means it WORKED! Esther, the little girl in the movie, freaked me out, but I gotta be honest with you - not as much as that Peter Sarsguaard fella. It may be a reoccurring thing with me, but why does it seem like half the romantic leading men in Hollywood are just a liiiiittle too light in their loafers? I have nothing against it in a man, most of my friends fit neatly into this category - but when I'm plunking my good money down for a little escapist entertainment I wanna see MEN, not...well, whatever it is this Sarsgaard fella is. Yeah, yeah, I read the rags that put him in a marriage with that too tall Gylenhaal girl, I'm not buying it - are they trying to corner the market on vowels? I'm getting off point here - Isabelle Furhman, who plays Esther is so brilliant in this film that I cannot imagine her in any other role. That is a total compliment, but it's a tough thing for an actress so young to face...seriously, she cannot ever play an innocent after this - no one will buy it. I won't give away what happens in the end, or at least toward the end - but it caught me by total surprise and makes seeing this film all the more exciting.
The one bad thing about this film, really, is it's gonna put the idea of adoption right up there with buying real estate in Louisiana.