Une chance pour tous

I saw this movie in the 90s on vhs. I really liked it at the time but hadn't seen it since until I watched it last night. Kirk Cameron's southern accent is horrendous but you have to look past that. Some of the script is very cheesy and predictable like you would see on a soap opera. But the story is put together in a good way and the actors are interesting and good. I used to think one character's arc was unrealistic like he's being such a baby but as I am older I know that there are weak parts in all of us and those weak parts are the hardest to overcome and depress us the most.

Jamie Gertz and Kirk Cameron have good chemistry. And I feel her most dramatic moments are executed well.

I wasted two hours of my life watching this movie. I can't believe that I am wasting more time thinking about it and writing about it. But I must warn others who stumble upon this comment. Avoid this movie. Do not see it. I'm sure that after the actors made this movie, they felt so stupid that they never were seen in public again. This is the worst. I wanted it all to end.

Though it has been years since I saw "Listen", I remember it not for the quality of the acting, which I thought was fine, but for delivering the most eloquent argument against abortion I had ever seen, even to this day. Any movie that gets the range of comments that have been posted, from rave to rage, is certainly has to be called controversial. So the debate scenes did not match up to the life experiences of some, it is a STORY. Its message is very, very strong, and delivered quite effectively. Isn't that what movies, books, plays, photography, et al are about? I just saw "Cider House Rules", the flip side of the abortion discussion from "Listen". Try watching "Listen" and "Cider House" back to back for what should be quite an emotional and intellectual experience. I rate both films at least 9 out of 10.

PS: I am 64, male, anti-abortion, and pro-choice.

Now to you, the layman this movie may seem like a contrived piece of crap. Sure the acting is awful, the writing cliche, and the plot looks like something thrown together from some beverly hills 90210 episodes. And I know that for any debators out there the accuracy to real debate is slim to none. But if you are a sensitive person you can look deeper and see what is probably the most compelling story ever conceived. This is a true morality play. The rich kid dies after trying to rape a girl, granted the rape made no sense but go with it, kirk cameron pulls off a southern accent!!!! And those harvard jerks! THEY HAVE SLICKED BACK HAIR. If you don't see this movie you will go to hell.

Amanda Peterson! Peter DeLuise! Jami Gertz! AMANDA PETERSON! Wow man.

This is a kick down memory lane. Amanda Peterson, afflicted with "The

Limp": "No - YOU be careful. I'M fine. I'll walk again - normally -

someday. And I'll ride a horse again. And maybe I'll even, dance, again

someday. So don't you or any of the rest of you here - feel sorry for

me, because I won't f**king stand for it." (massive applause from

debating audience).

Can you feel it? CAN YOU FEEL IT? Leave your cynicism at the door and

let this movie wash over you like warm bath water. I don't know what

else to say.