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BJ M @HotMovieStar Sep 20 Really touching story. I cried. Great scenery in New Mexico. Solid acting. I think it was really moving to watch and I enjoyed it. See more Steve D @RT35616104 10/22/2023 Dull despite the talent involved, See more 06/07/2023 I remember watching this 10 years ago and liked it a lot Willa Holland of 'The O.C.' stars as Davey based on the first book written by Judy Blume Amy Jo Johnson plays her mother and Cythnia Stevenson plays her aunt Davey's father is senselessly murdered and it changes her Davey then moves from New Jersey to Los Alamos, New Mexico to find a new sense of purpose dealing with her grief At first she feels alone and cut off no longer able to fit in with the crowd partying and friends Soon though she meets a Native American named Wolf, she even gives herself a new name called 'Tiger' The film is gorgeous to look at, sharp and crisp looking, has a very good soundtrack, and Willa Holland's performance is genuinely outstanding This is a young girl trying to take charge of her life but also getting past the repression of her trauma Even her mother is losing her authority causing a rift between her other relatives Director James Blume (Judy's son) manages to present a story of overcoming grief and starting a new adventure Pleasantly paced offering enough quiet moments to let the emotions sink in being cleverly acted too Strong casting builds on familiar elements showing the right amount of teen angst See more 05/25/2016 It's usually a plus when the person who wrote the book also writes the screenplay of the movie. The movie usually ends up being very true to the book then. I absolutely loved the book, in every way possible and I really had good hopes for the movie when I found out that Judy Blume not only wrote the book but also wrote the screenplay. There was a lot I recognised in the movie from having read the book. Lines and scenery that were the same. But I felt that the characters and the actors weren't quite the way I imagined when reading the book. I don't really know what was wrong with this movie. If it was the screenplay or the acting or maybe a bit of both. Because it felt like the actors were only really reading from a script, not much acting at all. And acting is something that is needed in a movie like this with a story like this. Because I couldn't feel any emotion. I needed more depth, more sadness. I needed raw emotion and I never really felt it until the last ten minutes of the movie. I needed more. The way I felt when reading the book. Maybe this movie had been better with other actors. Maybe it had been better with another script. But it definitely could have been better. See more 05/10/2016 Love Judy Blume so I had to see this movie. I loved everything about this movie and would definitely watch again See more 03/16/2016 Willa Holland excepted, the acting in this movie is, at best, barely passable, and at worst, as in the case of Cynthia Stevenson, is absolutely and insufferably terrible. The movie lacks direction, lacks pacing or even simple cause-effect, and frequently portrays scenes that should be touching with less care than a Hallmark movie. Holland tries her best to make the movie palatable, and she really is great, but the movie itself is not. See more Read all reviews

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