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I am a huge fan of Britt Robertson - mainly as a result of her performance in Mr Church. In spite of my regard for her however, I was a little reluctant to see this movie, due to its association as a religious movie. In the end my regard for Britt won over and I took the plunge. I need not have been concerned as the religious content was very subtle and was perfectly within the context of the story. This is easily Britt Robertson's best performance to date and the way she interacted with K.J.Apa was remarkable. You could really feel the bond between them which by all accounts was genuine and it showed in the excellent performances from both of them. This is a very moving film and anyone who doesn't shed a tear of two could only be made of stone. Beautifully shot and directed and interlaced with some really nice music. Definitely one of the better movies of recent times and highly recommended. My seven star rating might seem a little low in view of my approval but I am a harsh judge and my rating is very much in line with IMdB's. I guess everyone is aware that the movie is based on actual events. I have no idea how accurately it depicts them but it would seem that it hasn't strayed too far from the truth.

I confess I don't like gangster movies. As such, I normally would never consider seeing this film but it has received so much hype that I figured that maybe it would be different from the rest: It wasn't. There is no denying the quality of the production - everything about it is executed to perfection, great direction, beautifully shot, excellent acting but, it is a gangster movie and I just can't relate to it. Although there is a degree of interest from an historical perspective - particularly matters relating to the union movement, I am not from the USA and they don't mean as much to me as they otherwise may have. I did find the film a little difficult to follow at times - often the case with gangster flicks, and at 3 1/2 hours in length it does tend to drag a little. I think it may have been better reduced to about 2 hours. A lot of reviewers have rated this movie very highly, Ratings that it probably deserves for its quality but at the end of day, a movie is primarily intended to entertain - something that it failed to do for me. As I say, I don't like gangster movies and in hindsight, I should have avoided it. The five stars are for the film's quality, If I was rating it for entertainment value alone it would have received just one.

I am not a fan of horror movies and this movie reinforces that view. Under normal circumstances, I give a wide berth to any movie that has the word horror in its description but as this one has Erin Moriarty as one of its lead actors, I made an exception. Big mistake, not only was it a horror movie it was also horrible. It gets two stars because I actually watched it to the end. Erin Moriarty was wonderful in 'The Miracle Season' and I was sort of hoping that she would carry on where she left off for this movie. It only goes to show that no matter how talented an actor may be, if they get a dreadful movie to star in with appalling direction and an atrocious script they aren't going to come off all that well. At least she looks amazing. Why do they make this rubbish? I honestly can't find a thing in this, dreadful story line, dreadful script, awful acting and made on a very low budget.