Tagged: The Jonathan Wamback Story

I watched Tagged: The Jonathan Wamback Story expecting to see another typical made for tv movie, full of bad acting and a simple and uneffective storyline. Within the first 20 minutes of this film, I realized I was in for a treat. The acting is superb, the storyline is well developed and envoked a strong sense of hatred toward the "bad guys" and compassion toward the victim. Tyler Hynes plays the title character with skills beyond his years. Christopher Jacot played the role of the protagonist with perfection. I have to say that this is one of the best made for tv movies I've seen yet. It conveys a strong message about teenage violence with a lot of poise. 9 out of 10.

This is a great film about a teenager overcoming both his physical and emotional pain. Played by Tyler Hynes, the story is based on Jonathan Wamback being bullied by a gang of teens. You really should watch it.

I watched this on Monday night up here on CTV. I found that it was told just like it was, it was well acted and portrayed by all actors. The Make-up was the best ive seen in a while, especially in a TV Movie. I think that this movie would do go on the BIG screen. This movie wasnt even going to be made, unless changes were made, and they were and it came off great. I hope that Mr. Womback will get the YOA changed and hope that things get better for Johnathan.

This movie was especially interesting for me, as I went to the same school as Jonothan Womback. He was attacked in the park around the corner from my house, which is a supposed picture-perfect suburbia. This incident occurred the year before I attended the high school so I did not know Jon personally. Although the situation was dramatized greatly for the movie, most of the facts are true. The character of Womback was altered to get maximum sympathy, as were the other characters in the movie, but it manages to get the desired effect. Unfortunately, this movie is not allowed to be played at my old high-school currently, and there continues to be a serious bullying problem. I think all viewers should realize that the story is based on a true one, but it has been modified to encourage certain reactions. That being said, it was modified tastefully, great acting really pulled this movie off. Despite my skepticism I was surprised at how good the movie was, but don't take everything that happens as strictly fact. Be a critical observer and realize that the producers of the movie had an agenda, beyond stopping bullying in our school systems.

I'm taking Civics&Careers this semester and every single movie in Civics has been horrible/boring...except one. The story of Jonathan touched me. We had to watch the movie then write at least a page of our opinion to the YoungOffendersAct (I believe the name of it was changed...according to a fellow student) and I found myself struggling not to write five. Because it was a Canadian movie I was actually pretty skeptical, but it's now become one of my favourite films. There were many scenes that I spent looking up at the ceiling (which by the way is kinda gross... I'd advise you not to look @ your school's ceiling, ever) trying not to cry in class. So basically, as a recap, I loved the movie