I usually avoid movies that made me cry the first time I watched them, or had me close to tears, but Clancy is on my list of repeat watching. For a low budget film, this was amazing and had multi-dimensional characters. A little girl named Clancy (Christine Fougnie) is living with her drug addicted and physically abusive mom. She runs away from home, and that's when she meets a homeless veteran, Nick (Jefferson Moore), who has a drinking problem. At first he's annoyed that she keeps hanging around him, but he eventually lets her stay with him. The only thing I found to be silly was the mayor's plotting. I don't remember the specifics, but it involved Clancy, because her wandering the streets alone before she met Nick made the local news, and he wanted to use her as part of his scheme. Then it got to a point where Nick had to protect her from the mayor's unscrupulous intentions. It made absolutely no sense. Otherwise, it was heartwarming to watch Nick form a bond with Clancy. A movie doesn't need to have big time Hollywood actors for me to like it. Although occasionally lacking realism, low budget films are more organic, as the director, other members of the crew, and the performers tend to be less pretentious than films that have a budget within the millions. Without telling any spoilers, all I will say is, make sure you have a box of Kleenex available.
Review of Clancy
Clancy
(2009)
Despite being a tear-jerker, this is a movie I can watch more than once!
8 August 2022