All of us who are currently experiencing lock downs during this period of sheltering in place can appreciate wanting to leave and escape your current situation. This is the first review on IMDB for this movie in three years. I've watched just about everything on Netflix and Amazon by now as I'm getting close to two months of lock down amidst the Corona Virus pandemic in 2020. I'm not sure why I never found this movie before. It has Mary Stuart Masterson, who is one of my favorite actresses. I was hoping Mary Stuart Masterson had the leading role where she had the main relationship with Kevin Bacon. Even though I was disappointed for a couple minutes when I realized she wasn't the main star, I was blown away by young Evan Rachel Wood, who I realized much later was the same actress who is all grown up in Westworld!
I don't know much about the writer Karen Janszen, but my guess is she was one of those imaginative unique kids growing up. I'm almost 60. I can remember growing up that we were allowed to play outside and explore. Actually, one of my best friend's parents wouldn't even allow him to come inside during the day! We were all pushed to go outside and explore with our friends who lived in the neighborhood. Things are just not that way at all anymore. People are fearful. Now with COVID-19, children may have to avoid playing close with their friends out in the neighborhoods even more. Now it's a new world of social distancing.
I loved the scenes with Harriet just sitting on the road with a sign selling "stuff". No one was buying or paying attention, but it didn't matter. There were wonderful themes of inclusion in this movie. It also illustrated quite vividly how people can be close minded to what they don't understand. Children also can be more willing to accept and not think the worst about someone.
This movie made me have actual tears. I thought Kevin Bacon was excellent. I thought everyone was great in this movie. It's a hidden gem that will rank up with one of my favorites.
The only reason I didn't give it 10 was that I was wishing for something different to happen in the story. I appreciated the decisions by the writer, and I thought it was a good ending even though they didn't fulfill all of my wishes.
I still have the image of Harriet's amazing balloon craft she assembled to escape her situation. I recommend this movie to anyone who wants to escape the stress of their lives for an hour and 43 minutes. You will be totally immersed in Harriet's world. Reality will come back soon enough, but until then I highly recommend this movie. I also hope when someone reads this review years later that they look back on history and say we made it out of this pandemic. I hope those reading in the future are living in a world where it's OK to be close again and hug each other. It's OK to go out of your home and explore with your friends without fear.
I don't know much about the writer Karen Janszen, but my guess is she was one of those imaginative unique kids growing up. I'm almost 60. I can remember growing up that we were allowed to play outside and explore. Actually, one of my best friend's parents wouldn't even allow him to come inside during the day! We were all pushed to go outside and explore with our friends who lived in the neighborhood. Things are just not that way at all anymore. People are fearful. Now with COVID-19, children may have to avoid playing close with their friends out in the neighborhoods even more. Now it's a new world of social distancing.
I loved the scenes with Harriet just sitting on the road with a sign selling "stuff". No one was buying or paying attention, but it didn't matter. There were wonderful themes of inclusion in this movie. It also illustrated quite vividly how people can be close minded to what they don't understand. Children also can be more willing to accept and not think the worst about someone.
This movie made me have actual tears. I thought Kevin Bacon was excellent. I thought everyone was great in this movie. It's a hidden gem that will rank up with one of my favorites.
The only reason I didn't give it 10 was that I was wishing for something different to happen in the story. I appreciated the decisions by the writer, and I thought it was a good ending even though they didn't fulfill all of my wishes.
I still have the image of Harriet's amazing balloon craft she assembled to escape her situation. I recommend this movie to anyone who wants to escape the stress of their lives for an hour and 43 minutes. You will be totally immersed in Harriet's world. Reality will come back soon enough, but until then I highly recommend this movie. I also hope when someone reads this review years later that they look back on history and say we made it out of this pandemic. I hope those reading in the future are living in a world where it's OK to be close again and hug each other. It's OK to go out of your home and explore with your friends without fear.