Pray for Rain

2017
5.3| 1h32m| PG-13| en| More Info
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When Emma Gardner, a whip smart NYC reporter learns of her father's untimely death, she returns to her home town to find that the idyllic farming community of her childhood has been ravaged by drought and has become a place tormented by gangs and the ill effects of extreme poverty. She quickly figures out that her dad's accidental death was not accidental at all. The lists of possible suspects include overly zealous environmentalists, a local war lord and other farmers jealous of her father's outstanding reputation.

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Redwarmin This movie is the proof that the world is becoming a sick and dumb place
Console best movie i've ever seen.
Roman Sampson One of the most extraordinary films you will see this year. Take that as you want.
Kamila Bell This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.
ZiekvanGeluk I think it's rather insulting for movie lovers and Netflix subscribers to release this and call it a "movie". The acting was so bad. The actors we're trying to act like acting. So bad it almost made me laugh. Oh and those awful terrible plastic soundeffects, man. It just left me wandering how this is possible to be released. Skipped it through and then turned it off.
wunsam I am supposed to believe that the Californian water crisis has nothing to do with those farmers growing water guzzling alien crops such as cotton, alfalfa or almonds in a dry hot climate. Nope, it is the fault of the environmentalists. Looks like those tough, hard working, common sense farmers are as detached from the land as the City dwellers. After 10 minutes I had to stop watching this nonsense.
Larry Silverstein Set in Central Valley, California, this film often plays like a Made- for-TV or B-movie. Annabelle Stephenson stars here, as Emma, a NYC writer for a fashion magazine, who is returning to her hometown of Bella Canejo, Ca., for her father's funeral. Soon however, she'll be switching hats from fashion reporter to investigative sleuth, as she tries to get to the bottom of a large conspiracy involving the cutting off of desperately needed water to the local farmers by those who want to force them out and buy their land for pennies on the dollar.Some of the decisions by the intrepid Emma had me shaking my head in disbelief as they became more and more ridiculous as the movie progressed. There was enough here though to keep me interested and want to know how it would all turn out, and it does have some twists near the end and a poignant finale.Reading the review of critic Roger Moore, on Rotten Tomatoes outlining where the production of this film was coming from raised a lot of red flags for me, so buyer beware.
Horst in Translation (filmreviews@web.de) "Pray for Rain" is an American 90-minute movie that is still very new and fresh as it is a release from this year (2017). the director is French filmmaker Alex Ranarivelo, while the script is by prolific actress Christina Moore, her second writing credit according to IMDb. If you take a look at the film's poster, you may think that this film focuses on Jane Seymour, a former Bond girl and in my opinion actually the most attractive Bond girl of all times, and even in her mid-60s today she still looks really stunning. And she is also first credit here, but in the center of it all is the character played by Annabelle Stephenson, a young lawyer who returns to her home town and finds out about the consequences that lack of water in that area has caused for humans and also greedy corporations. And with the character's legal background that adds a completely new dimension to it. Death and violence also are a consequence to an extent eventually where you wonder if this is really something that could happen in today's America. The answer you will need to find for yourself. I personally would say that yes it is a bit generic in terms of the exact drama and the plot with the investigative actions by the central character in terms of finding out about corruption and what is really happening to the water is a bit shoddy and the parallel between farmers who need the money and a specific fish colony who does is mediocre to say the least. But the film is solid in terms of guessing what may happen next and I found myself actually fairly curious about that. The biggest strength of the movie is probably the "back to the roots" aspect because the way the protagonist takes a journey into her own past again was nicely done in my opinion. Plus Stephenson is not just incredibly easy on the eye, but also gives a performance that would not only have deserved first credit, but also her being included on the poster, even if she may not have a big name like Seymour. And that comes from a Jane Seymout fan as you can see from my comments early on. As a whole, it's not a groundbreaking film or anything you'd consider top5 of the year, but a pretty decent way to spend 1.5 hours. I recommend checking it out.

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