As a person who had checked ratings for this movie in advance I didn't have high expectations, however I was pleasantly surprised :D.To summarise without giving away too many spoilers, it's about a girl called Dot who's deaf yet still manages to observe so much about the world around her. After some unfortunate events in her childhood she has to go live with her Godparents and their peppy blonde high-school cheering daughter. Pretty normal... It would seem. This movie contains plot twists, and I'm glad to say it wasn't all annoyingly given away in the trailer as a lot of movies are.This was a dark adult film, but I'll assure you it wasn't one of those films that left me dark and depressed afterwards- it really made me think about things. Saying that, I still wouldn't recommend it for those who are too light-hearted Although it wasn't amazing, I would still recommend watching this film to most people if you have some spare time. Well worth your while!

Wow this movie is both depressing and pathetic. Nothing makes sense or seems to fit. I'm also not sure I believe the characters. They feel weird, unlikable and completely unrealistic. In reality I don't feel that the cast of characters would ever find themselves in this situation. Everybody is drowning in self-pity and hatred. All the actors are talented though but they can only do so much with the material they are given.I understand where the writers were going with this film but I think they took it too far. There is not enough of an actual storyline to keep you interested instead they tried to fill the entire movie with every horrible thing that could ever happen to a person. I don't completely hate this movie but it just feels like overkill. On another note the ending was way better than the entire rest of the movie.

The director of this pile of garbage must a be man-hating lesbian...There is no other explanation for how someone could be that sick and full of spite towards men.The film can be summarized as a long two-hour rape of our senses, feelings and emotions.Curiously, at the same time as the director demonizes men, she uses the body figure and the nymph-like presence of the Elisha Cuthbert as a way to titillate the lesbians in the audience... go figure!Stay away from this piece of garbage. It will kill a lot of your brain cells.This is a movie for man-hating pseudo-intellectual psychotic lesbians..

Belle is nearly catatonic teen placed with highly dysfunctional family after the tragic death of her father. The fact that she doesn't communicate or react seems to encourage all those around her to let her in on their darkest secrets, and there's some pretty dark secrets with this crew. All of the supporting cast does well in their respective roles, beginning with the knockout Cuthbert and including Ashmore as the sex-obsessed friend and Mixon as the ditz. But the star is Belle, who makes this movie by drawing us into her unique character. This isn't supposed to be a comfortable movie and the way it plays out is rather difficult but appropriate given what's happened before. I would enjoy seeing it again.