I was moved by this film; more than I expected to be or wanted to be. For that, I give it credit. I thought it was superbly acted-Viola Davis, Octavia Spencer and Jessica Chastain are all up for Oscars, but Emma Stone, Bryce Dallas-Howard and Sissy Spacek all have standout performances. The real hero of the film is Octavia Spencer.
She is character with the most flaws, hubris, comedy and humanity. She is the character the audience falls in love with, and if her character wasn’t in the film, it would flop, or burn, to use a reference from the film. I believe any time a movie touches you, you don’t forget it. It is a cinetherapy type of film, the kind that is played on the Oxygen channel every other Friday. I don’t believe it is worthy of a Best Picture, but I do believe it was successful in what it aimed to achieve. While some might judge its target as being sappy, or melodramatic, I don’t think this films falls into those traps.
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