Dave-286
Joined Feb 2000
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Children dying ... Hollywood has produced tearjerkers, depressing and uplifting versions of the story, naive ones, and this movie contains a bit of all of that. But I'm not saying this in a negative way ... the movie tries to do its best to tell the story in 90 minutes, and there will be few who don't feel coming up a tear or two while watching. It's definitely a "Hollywood TV movie", and it does have the look and feel of one. It's also a movie from the 80's, and that starts showing. But the message remains a powerful one : kids die too, and saying goodbye is painful. Aids can kill, and still scares people away. Force can be found in the medical world, in religion, and most importantly in one's own family.
Gummo is not a relaxing movie for a general audience. It is a
very open movie about young people in a very unfavourable area.
They are bored, and because of limited resources and family
background they start doing things that seem normal for them,
but that will shock many people, including unwarned movie-audiences. The movie shows what these kids do, but doesn't
convict them. The unknown actors play themselves, or were
excellently co
very open movie about young people in a very unfavourable area.
They are bored, and because of limited resources and family
background they start doing things that seem normal for them,
but that will shock many people, including unwarned movie-audiences. The movie shows what these kids do, but doesn't
convict them. The unknown actors play themselves, or were
excellently co