I'll preface it now for all of you the movie itself is just miserable from start to finish. Every second of it makes you angry that such a woman can be such an irredeemable person. Now I'm not saying that this is a bad movie, in fact its misery and its ability to fire me up is what makes it such a recommended viewing. The actress who plays the mother is so good at just being the most scummy, despicable person. You feel for these kids that she totally uses as props to further her own agenda. I think the hardest part to watch is that her son takes it and keeps taking it time after time as if under some sort of spell. It's so hard to watch a child's innocence being ripped apart by the very person that gave them life and is suppose to protect them and cherish them. It just hurts to watch.

It says two people including the director had a hand in the writing process and it felt so natural, two hours and it was worth it even the lil' dollops of what appears to be dawdling but I think everything was great because when you get to the end you understand everything and all the intentions are explained and it does it with a nice touch of of of - honor (I think is a good word to install here)! and best of all the characters are all very well developed and you really get a sense for how unique the creative mind can take a general idea and make something totally different and this (imo) is beyond unique hovering around the brim of ingenious! I loved it! great job! a fine piece of art all the way!

The movie is heartbreaking