Religious Agitation

Rating: 4/10 (20 August 2014)

At first, this movie cannot ensure a solid element of comedy, even if it tries to amuse you, somehow, with its dramatic theme inside, biographically, it cannot. Sandra Bullock's stance as Leigh Anne seems so false, pretended, and "studious" which makes an actress, simply, a character, not a part of authenticity that audience expects.
The story telling a real struggle is presented as a fine family portrait, and due to that weak description it loses its dramatic sense. Although the movie is based on a real story, the points it makes are so conventional that I thought I was watching a Boys Town type narration, roughly fictional and maybe more like a part of The Visual Bible: Acts with its excessive lines. If, again, we are to analyze the movie, as a movie, not a part of real life story, we most likely ponder on the moral values that the movie covers. Leigh Anne helps a boy, and it is a favor appearing sincere and disinterested. Yet, with a deep thinking on her change after doing this favor, one can clearly observe a sense of selfishness and egoism. As a result of this help, Leigh Anne, obviously, feel happy for herself and as for his husband's, Sean Tuohy, observation it seems like a satisfaction out of helping someone. This issue, which is perhaps something to debate philosophically, annoyed me throughout the film. Other than technical and reasonable causes for helping someone, this abstruse cause of relieving yourself with someone else's deprivation bothered me most. This is again a religious drop that can be interpreted as doing something good for the prize that relieves a vassal, heaven.
Yet, with the help of Quinton Aaron's performance, movie completes its biographical theme and story. Mediocrity makes this movie's possibly extraordinary story, so banal, and naturally ordinary.