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Paul Rusesabagina (the man brilliantly played by Don Cheadle, who should have received the first co-best actor Oscar aside Jamie Foxx, in his also fantastic portrayal of Ray Charles)is a person whose feats, triumphs, willpower, and heart is so great by comparison it makes one embarrassed to look back on his/her own accomplishments with any real pride. I have added Tonier Cain "Neen" to my list of greats and believe her story is worth seeing, sharing, and being inspired by. Not a slickly-made Hollywood documentary by any means, it is very low-budget and gritty. I say that matter-of-factly as it doesn't matter. Healing Neen is a startling personal account that shows people's possibilities despite circumstances and obstacles.

Unlike the reviewers who low rated it(my supposition is there won't be many)I couldn't justifiably in good conscience rate this film any less than a 10. Standard grade television fare? OK, lesser known stars (who based on this, will probably have had bigger titles by now)and an apparently formulaic setup: two friends on a road trip, yadda, yadda, yadda, seen it before. This flick, however, transcends that fantastically. Oscarworthy? No, but only because its not the type of film people who raved about Black Swan want to see. It is not fast-moving running,jumping, and gratuitous shooting, nor deep, thought-provoking fare. It is the perfect popcorn film. Great situations (oh, NOW what do we do?),the coolest sheriff this side of R. Lee Ermey,a most-depraved,sociopathic villain who you are "entertained" watching and waiting for to "get his" (possibly accompanied by what I thought was a great one-liner) and somehow, a sensible conclusion. Anybody who slights it on police-involved circumstances and procedures I'd strongly suggest talk to some police or ex-police without a microphone and camera running. Highly recommended.

An American Indian cultural staple, the hush puppy remains a fried cornmeal treat especially embraced by southerners as a regular dietary substitute for bread. From personal experience in northern realms, it is also enjoyed by persons roundabout the upper proximity of the Mason-Dixon Line. Hushpuppy is not a child's name. That said, I still attempted to "enjoy" this tale of "impoverished ignorance" at my wife's bequest. Some can watch a film (such as Saw and its many sequels) that adopts the worst that the world has to offer— torture— and promotes it as entertainment. For that matter, as a war veteran, I can tell you some people enjoy seeing others tortured. I do not, and appreciate it when some expose a thinly-veiled "just a movie" excuse which would be otherwise pardoned as fun. Professional film reviewer Stephen Witty for one, and a number of non-commercial film watchers who remarked on it here on IMDb. Thanks for your astute recognition and refutation.

As a New Orleans 9th Ward denizen for years, I very readily recognized (as with Ice Age 2, where an animated character told my children "you live in a bowl" and the ignorant reply was "I was born and will die in this bowl!") an attempt to slander, denigrate, and apparently, justify, the ill treatment of a group of people. I've also never eaten cat food (shared with my prehistoric Nutria rat-like pig) as a child, but mainly enjoyed dishes cooked up by my grandmother on a century-old pot-belly stove, stolen from the evacuated home (which is still standing) unguarded at the time of Katrina. My father cried at losing that reminder of "Ma Dear," so I readily understand the decision by many NOT to leave "The Bathtub," but fail to see the entertainment value represented in the impoverished circumstances they were apparently celebrating. In decades of world travel, I've never met such characters and am always leery when such are displayed on film, "fantasy" world or not. Watching this, like Slumdog Millionaire and Precious, I was glad to see handsome actors and beautiful actresses of different hues, sizes, and environments represented on film, but saddened to see that it is still necessary to be raped(Precious), wallow through Port-o-Let feces (Slumdog), or dance and smile at filth (Beasts of the Southern Wild) to be seen. Such inaccuracy is derogatory, misleading, and saddening.