The Girl in the Bathtub

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.

This should never have been a movie! The fact that it was a true story enticed me into watching but usually when you watch a true story turned into a movie, the story is compelling - sadly this was not the case with this movie!

Avoid avoid avoid!

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.

First let me start by saying it's a great movie. The bad reviews are very undeserving. I think that those who didn't like the movie were expecting a different kind of movie so let me set you expectations right. This is not a big budget Hollywood movie. It's a movie based on a true story about a young woman who was found dead three days before her 27th birthday. The movie is told by the woman herself. She is telling the viewers about the events leading up to her death. The big thing you need to know here is this: even though you spend the entire movie wondering who killed her, this is not your typical whodunnit kind of a movie. It's not about catching the killer, it's about the woman and the people around here. It's about human behavior. It's basically a sort of a cautionary tale. Watch this movie with an open mind and chances are you gonna love it. I know I did.

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.