On top of that... plot holes you can drive trucks through. Here is 'thought provoking'... one 10-star reviewer's words of wisdom are: all people have value and make a difference. I am guessing that reviewer's 'list' includes such as Mother Theresa, George Bush (W), the Koch brothers and Shirley Temple. To be 'Fair and Balanced' one should add to that list such as Hitler, Ted Bundy, Putin and Stalin. Most of these nice fellows 'had value and made a difference' to their followers.And how many fellow Americans feel they have little or no value and make little or no difference since they can not support and feed their families on minimum wage and because so many fellow citizens wish to strip them of the first ever access to medical care they have ever enjoyed in their adult lives.If you are up for a stealth, right wing, religious/political agenda film this one's for YOU!
... View MoreI recently saw the movie Doonby, and when the film ended, I felt like I had just watched an excellent movie. Doonby is an emotional, heartfelt, entertaining story, that weaves an interesting theme throughout the picture. As a viewer, you can certainly tell that something unknown is going on underneath the story's surface, and this riveting sense keeps you interested and glued to the story. I was pulled into the movie from beginning to end.I give a nod to John Schneider's portrayal of the lead character, Sam Doonby, yet Jenn Gotzon, as the lead female playing Laura Reaper, carried this movie, in my opinion. Jenn's role as Laura Reaper is believable and powerful, and as an actress, Jenn's character by far reaches the deepest and the most difficult ranges to draw from of all of the characters in the movie. I was glad that I sat through this movie that deals with pertinent social issues, and I highly recommend seeing Doonby.
... View MoreStraight up, this an anti-choice film. And you realize that in the last 10 seconds of the movie. For the other hour and a half you're assaulted with bad acting, and even a guest appearance by the plaintiff in roe v wade. All major women characters were"whores." Whoever wrote the script has serious issues with women. The movie is propaganda and I shouldn't have to pay money to see a commercial.Aside from the heavy abortion stance that this movie slams you with at the end, really the whole thing was badly written with a hero who helps people, the whore who is bad, and the African-American nanny who let's babies get run over by trucks (?!?!). So the movie is bad the whole way through and I was wondering what the point would be at the end and then, wow, it's just a big message to hammer me in the face with.If you want to have your 'pro-life' views affirmed by a low budget basically terrible movie, this might be for you. If you somehow are undecided about the abortion issue, and you want a painfully oversimplified story to make you feel bad about having the hero die in utero, then you might like this movie. Anyone else, stay far far away.
... View MoreI'd seen just about every movie that was currently running and my choice was between Doonby and Wanderlust. I'd heard nothing about Doonby and didn't find much on-line, so I went with Jennifer Aniston. Can't lose, right? Well, what a mistake. Fortunately, I got another chance to go to the movies and finally did see Doonby. Wow! I was pleasantly surprised how quickly the story grabbed me. The characters were interesting and obviously something was going on beneath the surface that kept me wide awake anxious to find out what it was.I go to just about every movie that comes out, and I was, frankly, expecting the worst since I'd heard nothing about this movie anywhere. But the cinematography was excellent, the acting first-rate (well, a few of the actors were a little amateurish but you'd expect that in a low budget film), and the script ingenious. I left the movie feeling emotionally charged and excited---definitely a movie that is well worth seeing.
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