I was glad to find this movie.
Added 10/15/2009
This movie moved me when I watched it years ago on TV and I was glad to be able to purchase it.
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An amazing story
Added 6/21/2009
This is a tragic, yet relevant story. It is portrayed beautifully by Mare Winningham. It is very poignant in today's economy. It shows how close each of is to becoming homeless. It happened to this mother in a very short time. She had a job. She had an apartment. But she received a notice on her door saying that the building was being sold and she would need to move. She could not find a place. She went looking each evening after work, but in order to pick her daughter up in time from day-care, she would have to leave work early, go look for housing, then pick up her daughter, then walk home. It made for very long days. No car, just walking and the bus. By leaving work early, she lost her job. So the vicious cycle began.
This story has a very tragic ending and is not for the faint of heart.
I believe that every parent should view this. None of us are immune to becoming homeless. We need to change the way we see these people. It could be us one day.
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God Bless this Movie!
Added 3/27/2007
This is a riveting, heartwrenching account into a cycle of the "system" working against a mother who desperately tries to keep the only thing she treasures above all--her child. It is an indictment (without being preachy) of a system that won't work for her.
I first saw this movie when it appeared on TV, and I have never forgotten it. I am thrilled to own a copy which I use as a teaching material in conjunction with reading Herman Melville's "What Redburn Saw in Launcelott's-Hey."
2 out of 2 people found this helpful.
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ooh what a movie
Added 11/9/2005
i am glad to see this movie is availible on dvd this movie will make you cry make you think this is one of the best movies of all time BUY IT!!!!!
3 out of 5 people found this helpful.
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The Best Movie I've Seen Depicting The Homeless
Added 5/5/2003
If I had known in advance that this was a movie about the plight of the homeless, I might not have watched it. I'm so glad I did. A wonderful movie about about a loveable little girl and a loving mother in a terrible (but unfortunately not uncommon) predicament.
5 out of 6 people found this helpful.
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I was glad to find this movie.
Added 10/15/2009
This movie moved me when I watched it years ago on TV and I was glad to be able to purchase it.
0 out of 0 people found this helpful.
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An amazing story
Added 6/21/2009
This is a tragic, yet relevant story. It is portrayed beautifully by Mare Winningham. It is very poignant in today's economy. It shows how close each of is to becoming homeless. It happened to this mother in a very short time. She had a job. She had an apartment. But she received a notice on her door saying that the building was being sold and she would need to move. She could not find a place. She went looking each evening after work, but in order to pick her daughter up in time from day-care, she would have to leave work early, go look for housing, then pick up her daughter, then walk home. It made for very long days. No car, just walking and the bus. By leaving work early, she lost her job. So the vicious cycle began.
This story has a very tragic ending and is not for the faint of heart.
I believe that every parent should view this. None of us are immune to becoming homeless. We need to change the way we see these people. It could be us one day.
0 out of 0 people found this helpful.
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God Bless this Movie!
Added 3/27/2007
This is a riveting, heartwrenching account into a cycle of the "system" working against a mother who desperately tries to keep the only thing she treasures above all--her child. It is an indictment (without being preachy) of a system that won't work for her.
I first saw this movie when it appeared on TV, and I have never forgotten it. I am thrilled to own a copy which I use as a teaching material in conjunction with reading Herman Melville's "What Redburn Saw in Launcelott's-Hey."
2 out of 2 people found this helpful.
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