TrueHello Fun premise, good actors, bad writing. This film seemed to have potential at the beginning but it quickly devolves into a trite action film. Ultimately it's very boring.

Salubfoto It's an amazing and heartbreaking story.

Invaderbank The film creates a perfect balance between action and depth of basic needs, in the midst of an infertile atmosphere.

Deanna There are moments in this movie where the great movie it could've been peek out... They're fleeting, here, but they're worth savoring, and they happen often enough to make it worth your while.

SnoopyStyle Manual Jordan (Billy Bob Thornton) is happy to be in prison until he's forced out when his life sentence is commuted. He was imprison for the murder of Abner Easley when 23 years ago during a convenience store robbery. He returns to seek redemption which he knows he can't have. Preacher Miles Evans (Morgan Freeman) gets him to watch the parking lot. It's a rundown place with a nightclub and liquor stores as neighbors. He befriends hard-partying lost girl Sofia Mellinger (Kirsten Dunst) and Abner Easley's sister Adele (Holly Hunter).There is no levity here. It is a slow prodding meandering slough. Billy Bob delivers a deliberately flat performance. Kirsten Dunst's character has some potential but Holly Hunter isn't compelling. There is little tension. It may work better to have the two characters merge and let Kirsten Dunst be the sister. It's a long mediation which may have some deep meaning but it's a grind to get there.

Bene Cumb Beginning with the title, it is not a movie attracting wide audiences or interest from advertisers, but it is definitely among the best indie/Sundance movies - both topic-wise and actor-wise. As for the issues touched, viewers can ponder on and over forgiveness, remorse, revenge, second chance, making choices and some other complex and ambivalent things, all this packed in a decent story with unexpected twists and realistic ending, and carried out by talented actors such as Billy Bob Thornton, Morgan Freeman, Holly Hunter, Kirsten Dunst... They never let the viewers down in the sense that they know which roles to pick, wide fame and big paycheck are not top priority for them.Levity is for you if you are not afraid of profundity and painful/serious issues, and if slower run is not equal to boredom.

lou-138 This movie could be the basis of a great TV series. Few shows address the religious issues the way this movie does.TV series could be based around the community center the young heroine has now inherited and her ongoing struggles to keep it open. Also a great opportunity for many guest roles centered around the characters from the neighborhood. Plots could center around things like:Love interest with black gang leaderNeed to mediate gang violence in the neighborhoodGetting authority figures to allow someone so young to operate community centerDealing with red tape required to operate a charityRepresenting young kids with police, courts, and neighborhood businesses

honor-1 If your looking for a review sorry, keep looking, I just really liked this movie and here is why. I got about 3/4 of the way through this movie and didn't realize it, which mean something for me. By the end I felt satisfied but disappointed it was over. I don't want a sequel, just more movies like this one. This movie seems more realistic to me than most Hollywood movies, except holly hunter and Billy bob Thornton's relationship which seemed off. It wasn't about some "sinner" who is looking for redemption, finding it through miraculous kindness or somebody telling him what to do. This is about a man who doesn't want to find redemption because he doesn't think it exists. Mabey it is because I can relate to some of the things said but there were no great overall fantastic things done to right the troubles of all of the character's lives. But people helped each other by doing mortal things, that's what I got from it all. It's a better message than saying everyone has greatness or a superman, mother Teresa in themselves, some people don't want that, or they don't want it yet, life is enough. Things can be done while people search for their greatness, and those things can be great for some. I hope this makes sense in relation to the movie, its not about bleed hearts, it's about life at a glance, lives that could be movies in themselves. It was all enhanced by amazing cinematography and a great sound track these both set a mood which enhanced the movie.