Beauty Mark

I had the pleasure of seeing the NYC premiere of this incredible film, made by the insightful and smart filmmaker Harris Doran. It is a story that is needed to be told in this delicate yet brutality honest way. In any other hands it would be false.

See it, you will not be disappointed.

Well here's a fun movie about en extremely irresponsible woman who does everything she shouldn't to try and fix her situation. She expects everyone to do back flips to help her and throw money at her. Tries to tackle several issues, probably too many. Fails to adequately explore any of them in the process. Acting and cinematography is overall very good even though the roles of characters are woefully cliche. An ultimately forgettable viewing experience.

A refreshing change from an assembly line of movies about beauty queen daughters working for their ultra rich father's law firm. This is an old story that effects every sector of society. "Beauty Mark" is especially heartbreaking as it is so well portrayed by Auden Thornton, as a young mom stuck in the cogwheel of extreme poverty. A superb lead actress & supporting cast, so convincing that it's easy to forget they're acting.

In all I think the actors did a really good job but I feel like there are a lot of movies using this same topic and therefore it's becoming over saturated with the same topic especially in independent films and it's getting ridiculous whenever every movie you check out is basically the same and I feel that it's getting really old but I do give it to the lead actress she definitely gave a very strong performance and I feel given some better opportunities she will definitely go on to shine I just didn't agree with the choices that her character was making at all and to the writers and directors I think y'all have rode this out long enough.

Having lived in the area where Beauty Mark was filmed when I was a child, the film really touched my heartstrings as it was spot on about the sacrifices one makes for their family and the abuse that is prevalent. Harris Doran did a fantastic job writing and producing the film. The casting of Auden Thorton, Catherine Curtin, Laura Bell Bundy and Jeff Kober added to the awesome performance. It provides encouragement for victims of abuse to speak up. This is definitely a "must see".