The Girl in the Bathtub

The actress who plays Julia was extra ordinary. She had one of the best performance. However Jason Patrick lost all his charisma by Botox.

Watching the movie evoked memories of the song Runaway Train by Soul Asylum, "runaway train never coming back, wrong way on a one way track". If what the movie depicted is true, she was probably set on the wrong path when her dad left her and whatever else came after that in her childhood.

It would be easy to label Julia a drama queen, an addict etc. But that would be underestimating the impact of trauma. Most people struggling with addiction are trying to escape from trauma and self-hatred. She was also addicted to older emotionally unavailable men, i.e. Men like her dad. It is called repetition compulsion and it is entirely unconscious.

In spite of her efforts at cleaning herself up, she could not find the one thing she really craved - a man who would always be there for her and love her unconditionally, the substitute for her dad. I do not hate the story because it is an important story of parents messing up their kids. But I hate the storytelling; having Julia talk about her own death is weird. Moral of the story, unless you are prepared to love your children, do not become a parent.

I don't understand the 5.5 stars, this was a compelling story about the realities of why people make the choices they do. People are very judgemental of her lifestyle but so was she. Always remember, people are doing the best they can.

I know nothing about the real case inspiring this film.

I appreciate the effort of Catlin Stasey to propose a reasonable portrait of Julia. But the film seems propose , in some measure, a too large webb.

Sure, loneliness, opportunities, refugies in alcohol and sentimental relations are good themes, not so bad used in this case.

The problem can be the unconvincing story and the not just inspired final reminding more a sort of compromise.

A portrait of life after the death is temptanting , no doubts, but not easy to craft. Exactly this is the serious problem. The result, expression of noble intentions, is not exactly bad but far to be a convincing one.

I'm not sure if it was the format of this film, or the lack of substance. It reeked of a cheap old straight to television film. I struggled to make the distance on this one, but held in hoping it would get better, but it failed to deliver on so many ways. Don't get me wrong, the acting was quite good, but I feel it could have been made so much better.

It would have been good if there had been some back ground on the young woman involved to be able to see what lead her up to having the problems she was having with addiction.

I will not be recommending this one to friends.