Entwurzelt - Eine Familie am Abgrund

I was conned into seeing this film at the World Festival in Montreal last fall and was pleasantly surprised. I was expecting your run-of-the-mill made-for-cable family drama (you know, cheesy and contrived...) BUT this was much better than that, a funny and strangely touching love story about two kids trying to make sense of their world. And some great performances (Caterina Scorsone is amazing...who on earth is she???) definitely make this one worth checking out.

Living in the Windsor/Detroit area for the last 5 years, it was nice to see a movie that represented the stereo type that both Canadians and Americans have for each other. It may not be a Hollywood hit, but it certainly does provide us with memories of our highschool years. Definately worth the hour and half time spent in your living.

I tuned into this film on a lazy Sunday afternoon, & was quite surprised by it. Normally I'm a bit skeptical about some of these Canadian films we put out, but Borderline Normal was truly a refreshing change.

The story is good, the acting is good overall, especially Catarina Scorsone. Her performance is absolutely smashing. Hopefully she'll get some more recognition in the future. She was also in The Third Miracle, and for the small role she played, she was very convincing.

It's worth checking out(I saw it on TMN)if you can find it. And true to my Canadian roots, if it's good and we helped make it, I'll plug it as best I can.

This is the most appalling propaganda film attempting to sell the lie that any woman can be pushed to the edge of their sensibility and still remains fundamentally good and wholesome in spite of the emotional abuse they subject their young male CHILDREN to. Bravo Canada! Child abuse is legit if it involves abusing young men and being a poor female role model in their lives. Is there negative stars for this?!

Not the best film. Terrific acting. Now I want to see what else the lead actors were in. Since it's true to life, it's an eye opener for those who've been shielded from the world. The depraved acts people become involved in, when they only focus on themselves & what will give them pleasure at the moment. But it shows that you still make yourself who you are. No one else is ultimately responsible for your choices, other than yourself. LOVE is real. I started watching it on TV & got involved. I had to see the outcome. I was provoked, insighted, hurt, sad, & happy. I've gone trough one similar experience as Catarina Scorsone's character had to deal w/ & I didn't have a loved one to help me through it. But am a better person now, in spite of or because of it. I'll change that old adage "What doesn't kill us only has the potential for us to make ourselves stronger"