My Guardian Angel

I thought this was a good movie. Reminiscent of Flowers in the Attic. It may take time, but it's worth it.

A no-budget drama that takes an awfully long time to bring its supernatural undertones to the fore. Young Holly Jacobson gives an unexpectedly strong performance as the non-verbal autistic girl of abusive parents who appears to be haunted by her dead twin. Jacobson aside, the quality of the acting ranges from tolerable to pull-you-out-of-the-movie-and-slap-you-around-the-face bad and the lack of funds is apparent in every shot. The emotional pull of child abuse - even when inadequately explored - gives My Guardian Angel a kind of built-in emotional hold that is difficult to turn away from, but the pay-off really doesn't justify your time.

The acting was atrocious, the story was boring and took way too long to get into it. I'm sure there are some horribly abusive parents out there, but the parents in this film just hated the child and were over the top cruel to their autistic child. It was a bit much to watch but also very fake high ratings.

I honestly can't understand how this is rated so high, unless friends of people involved in the movie are giving it fake reviews and high ratings.

Just seemed to drag on near the end....worth a watch

I wanted to be positive about this because the story is solid.

However.

The cast are terrible - specifically Maria Figgins as mother, Petra Bryant as Elena and Adrian Annis as father. I've genuinely watched this film at least 10 times and it still astounds me any of the cast were considered able to act these parts. Whilst I have highlighted a select few, nobody in this film should consider acting as a career - there is greater talent watching adverts for Oak Furniture Land, with a mango oak coffee table deserving of a best supporting actor nomination for the performances seen in this film.

By all means watch this film, just be prepared for something that is an embarrassment to British film