Alicia I love this movie so much

Kailansorac Clever, believable, and super fun to watch. It totally has replay value.

BallWubba Wow! What a bizarre film! Unfortunately the few funny moments there were were quite overshadowed by it's completely weird and random vibe throughout.

Jakoba True to its essence, the characters remain on the same line and manage to entertain the viewer, each highlighting their own distinctive qualities or touches.

Irishchatter I honestly felt sorry for poor Isaiah on what he was going through. The mother being a drug addict and just dumping him in a box. Unfortunately in real life, there are people out there who don't look after themselves and their kids in maintaining life together. In my personal opinion, I think people shouldn't bring their kids into the world if they can't look after them. It would be a concern for both safety and reputation for any adult,child teen or baby to not live in a suitable environment which is a danger for themselves!Anyways back to the movie, I honestly thought that mentioning a person's color just to make the other person feel bad was wrong to put in this movie. I hated the way Samuel L. Jackson's character kept going on and on about being a color to raising another color and the way he said it, it sounded like he was wrong! I'm not mentioning colors but I hated how himself and Halle Berry ' s character kept ranting on about it! Very tense I swear! I really was upset for Isaiah when they took him away, it really breaks your heart especially at his young age! It's very stressful for a child to get back to reality and that, he was so attached to his adoptive parents! Even though at the end, the movie didn't give us the resolution we wanted to but, my hope is that he gets to see both parents and that he'll become a great man!It was good to see Jessica Lange, Halle Berry,Cuba Gooding Jr. and Samuel L. Jackson on this. Such legends!

prhp I've avoided watching the film for the longest time; at first it didn't appeal and then, as dad in a white couple with two adopted mixed race sons, I was disturbed by the premise.I was sitting in a hotel room and it came on and I watched it; that I continued to watch it is a testament to the quality of the film. Where does it leave me? More scared than ever that something could happen and my children could be removed. I am a firm believer that logic and reason have little to do with family court decisions.The ending is interesting. My heart kept saying to Jessica Lange, don't go, it'll only cause pain. On the other hand I would do anything for my sons, even if it meant me being in pain... so perhaps I would do the same as her and go.What really bothers me is Halle Berry's motivation, it seems to be pure selfishness on her part to disrupt a family, 4 years after Isaiah's placement. I can understand her desire to be part of his life, I am sure the mothers of both my sons think of them on occasion and I hope they are secure in the knowledge that their children are being raised as lovingly as is possible. So, would a mom do what she did? Perhaps, but I have to ask is it out of love or some sense of pride!

Mel J 'Losing Isaiah' is a film that is very relevant in today's climate where care homes are over-flowing with children because of the lack of foster parents yet still social services still allow place race as a deciding factor in the fostering process.Based on the novel by Seth J. Margolis, the film sees baby Isaiah being abandoned by his drug addict black mother Khaila Richards in a bin shortly after his birth. He is found and taken to hospital where Margaret Lewin, a white doctor caring for him, decides to adopts him as her own child. Isaiah fits well into the Lewin family despite hailing from a different racial background and he grows into a happy, cherished little boy. But four years later, Khaila is back on the scene demanding custody of her son back now that she is clean. And it seems the Lewins' have a fight on their hands to keep the child since the family court system not only favours children being returned to their parents but also the idea of people only being allowed to foster/adopt children of the same racial background as themselves.The quality of acting was excellent from all members of the cast. Jessica Lange gave a great depiction as Margaret Lewin, the mother who doted on Isaiah with as much love as if she had given birth to him herself. Although, on the surface, it was quite hard to like Khaila Richards, Halle Berry gave the role substance and managed to make her an almost sympathetic character as the film went on. However, the real praise has to be reserved for the tiny Marc John Jefferies, who played Isaiah. Anyone who has ever said small children can't act or tried to excuse mediocre child acting on the basis of the child's age needs to see this boy's first-class performance despite the fact he must barely have been out of nappies when he appeared in this film.Reading other people's reviews, it's clear some people don't realise that social services will push to place a child back with their biological family even in a situation like this. No, I don't think it's right as there are many cases where the best place to ensure a child's well-being and happiness is to be far, far away from their parents but, sadly, that doesn't often happen. And race does still play a role in where a child up for fostering/adoption is placed. So, for me, I found this film quite realistic in that respect and could completely empathise with the Lewin family's sense of helpless and disbelief as they risked losing their son to a mother who dumped him purely on the basis of they had the wrong skin colour and DNA. 'Losing Isaiah' certainly shows that a child's sense of security and love must always come first, regardless of what the biological mother wants or whether his skin tone matches his adoptive parents.The ending, unfortunately, was rather a cop-out. It delivered a typical Hollywood 'happily ever after' with political correctness probably at the forefront of the scriptwriter's mind bu, in terms of reality, with both mothers' agreed to share custody with the child remaining at his adoptive parents' home but going to a nursery school of Khaila's choice with her accompanying him, viewers were left annoyed the issues raised in the film were not properly addressed. Perhaps a better resolution would have been to see Khaila forced to give up custody (or agreeing to let him go for the sake of her son's happiness since she seemed to see more sense than the so-called judges, lawyers and social workers) then re-entering Isaiah's life when he was older.

asc85 I really had no interest in seeing this picture, but I actually had a friend who was in a similar situation. Specifically, she adopted a bi-racial boy, and right before the adoption was "official," the birth father came out of the woodwork with HIS mother saying that they wanted to have him back. Originally, he denied paternity, so he never signed off on the adoption. She kept her adopted boy at the end, but my heart went out to her at the time. The plot of "Losing Isaiah" is of course a little bit different, but it deals with the same emotional issue of having a child that you are raising ripped away from you to be with the biological parent. This of course raises lots of interesting questions, such as, "what defines being a parent?" So because of my own personal experiences, I found the movie very moving and upsetting and I cried at the very end. So I guess the film "worked" for me. That being said, I'm not sure this situation could ever happen in real life. In real life, would Halle Berry's character EVER have had a chance of finding her baby years after she abandoned him in a crack-induced haze? Seems pretty doubtful to me.