Review of Johnny

I think Jerry Phillips was just perfect for the role as Johhny. He just crawls into your heart very early in the movie. I totally get the message that God loves us and when you rent of buy a movie where you know the main character is going to die from leukemia, you know to expect a movie that will guarantee you tears ( I guess I will have to call that a spoiler, but you also read it on the box). But I think we should all watch a movie like this at least once or twice, because only then we realize what people might be going through having a similar experience. Leukemia is a reality and people die from it, and when it is a child, it is painful.

If you are not touched by this movie you either don't like children or you don't have a heart. The acting is not perfect, but I can look past that, seeing that half of the main characters are children. The movie is not too long, in fact, I get the sense that most of the full length scenes are important and through time lapsing techniques some other less important scenes move by quickly. This is always a director's nightmare if you don't want the movie to be too long and you have to exclude some of your most precious scenes.

The story comes together beautifully and eventually everything comes together and no character is included by accident. Eventually every person's role in the movie is important and we realize why they are there.

I really enjoyed watching it and crying my heart out. That's why people like me watch movies like this.