Marvelous true-story about a child taken by his father to get revenge on his ex-wife. It's the story of an adorable child who is brought back 5 years later as not only older but severely socially and mentally maladjusted from this horrible experience.
The film deals with the attempts by his mother and stepfather to bring the child back to the normal world. What a rocky road they had before them. The child no longer spoke to them, accidentally sets fire to their house and there may be possible jealousy brewing with the baby brother who has been born in the interim.
We have a fine acting performance by Park Overall as the distraught mother.
Even though she rejects the idea of sending the boy to a school for troubled children, she was really looking for trouble in sending the child to a regular school. Obviously, he was way behind academically and socially. She finally takes him out and home schools him.
After a bitter outburst by the child when he hears what his mother says, he finally talks and tells her of the abuse he had gone through.
This because also deals with the bureaucratic red tape that the mother had to endure when she filed a missing person's report.
This is a movie of rare quality that should not be missed for its psychological, sociological, and psychiatric implications.
The film deals with the attempts by his mother and stepfather to bring the child back to the normal world. What a rocky road they had before them. The child no longer spoke to them, accidentally sets fire to their house and there may be possible jealousy brewing with the baby brother who has been born in the interim.
We have a fine acting performance by Park Overall as the distraught mother.
Even though she rejects the idea of sending the boy to a school for troubled children, she was really looking for trouble in sending the child to a regular school. Obviously, he was way behind academically and socially. She finally takes him out and home schools him.
After a bitter outburst by the child when he hears what his mother says, he finally talks and tells her of the abuse he had gone through.
This because also deals with the bureaucratic red tape that the mother had to endure when she filed a missing person's report.
This is a movie of rare quality that should not be missed for its psychological, sociological, and psychiatric implications.