Heart, Baby

I had pretty much stopped going to movies about twenty years ago. You can only tolerate a certain number of explosions, flying car wrecks and leading men that look like the baby-faced sissies in your high school classes. Skip science fiction and animated cartoons there isn't much left for real movie buffs. This weekend I was persuaded to watch "Heart, Baby!" Finally I was entertained for an entire movie! The actors looked like their roles were written specifically for each of them. A great story! A range of emotions are evoked from the viewer and there is not a lagging part in the entire feature. I live just across the state line from Tennessee and there isn't a character in the movie with whom I couldn't identify and relate. At the risk of sounding chauvinistic, I was pleased to see a woman writer and director open the doors to male characters in such an all-male environment of men's prison and the boxing ring. Quite an accomplishment and we're all better off for it. I have bought the movie and it's going to be making the circle of family and friends. An absolute joy!

Preordered and watched this movie based on the previews... SO in love with this film! Amazing imagery, beautifully filmed. The story grips you and doesn't let go. I WILL own this disc! This film has Heart, Baby!

Every once in a while, you see a film that changes you. It educates you or opens your heart to things you thought you were already educated and open about. "Heart, Baby" (written and directed by Angela Shelton) still has my heart reeling... If you care at all about Transgender rights and prison reform, please see this film. If you think our prison systems are just fine, see it anyway...Heart, Baby will change your mind about what you think you know. It's just that good!

The acting is superb, and Shawn-Caulin Young's performance is epic. Beautifully written, directed and filmed, this is a story that will pull on your heat strings. The trailer makes it seem like this is a boxing movie, but it's about so much more and based on a true story. Happy to see it's going into wider release because independent filmmakers brave enough to tell stories like this need our support. Don't miss this film!

Heart, Baby! is one of those movies that you will watch over and over. It has it all: amazing true story, exceptional cast, great music. I laughed, I cried, I FELT. I could list every cast member and tell you just how perfectly they fit their role, but you must see it to understand. I will, however, say that Shawn-Caulin Young is exceptional in his portrayal of Crystal; and Jackson Rathbone gives the best performance of his career so far as Andy "Doc" Dixon. This movie is magnificent. There's no other word to describe it.

This movie is amazing. It touches on so many real topics and issues, and does so in a beautifully real way. Friendship, love, rejection, survival, violence, race, prison, and faith. The humanity shown by the people in this story is at times both discouraging and heartening- and so real. The truth about Doc and George will knock you out and stay with you for quite a while after watching. Can't wait to watch it again!