I never knew a movie could be this sad

Rating: 9/10 (21 September 2002)

Oh my god, I cannot believe this movie. I mean, I never knew a movie could be THIS sad. Schindler's List, Forrest Gump, what not...Can't even compare. This is one depressing movie even in the middle of the film I was crying. Enough of that though. Let's talk about why this movie was so sad. First off, you have your average four city citizens. Your average mom, very nice and challenged with raising her son without a father and when some show calls and says she's won the right to be on TV, she takes pills to help her diet. her son who has a beutiful girlfriend he loves very much. His girlfriend who, in order to get money, has to dress up, with makeup and clothes ect., and er, hem persuade them (what happens in her story near the end is insanely sad in fact, it's the saddest part of the film). Then his friend who is black. His friend, Tyrone, gets deep in the drug selling market. He's getting deeper and deeper into it to the point where the only way out is to go to jail. Show this to your kids, and they're free to skip health class all they want because this movie is more persuasive than any crap educational documentary. It's just so sad watching four people you care about getting tortured by drugs.