A small time drama set in small town America.
The movie revolves around Melissa, her handicapped boyfriend and her low-life ex who keeps harassing her. You would think that would lead to an obvious plot line, where the ex steers up things and makes life Hell for them ending in a violent showdown, but no, that doesn't happen. As the movie progresses Melissa gets pregnant and they start facing financial difficulties, and you start to think that the boyfriend or her, desperate for money well end up doing something illegal and get arrested or caught up in something, but no, that doesn't happen. Then Melissa gets put on the graveyard shift at her grocery store job, and you think that she's going to get raped or attacked (probably by the ex) in the night and that's going to be tragic and horrible, but no, that doesn't happen. Melissa and her boyfriend are now so short for money that are forced to go live with Melissa's mother, who rents a house from the low-life ex, you'd think that would lead to the ex taking advantage of them or throw them out or just harassing them more, but no, that doesn't really happen. So what does happen then, well nothing. This is just a dull, sad portrait of life in rural America which will leave you either utterly bored or utterly depressed.
I suppose you could categorize this as a relationship drama, but really that just makes it sound more interesting than it is.
In short, you probably won't like this.
The movie revolves around Melissa, her handicapped boyfriend and her low-life ex who keeps harassing her. You would think that would lead to an obvious plot line, where the ex steers up things and makes life Hell for them ending in a violent showdown, but no, that doesn't happen. As the movie progresses Melissa gets pregnant and they start facing financial difficulties, and you start to think that the boyfriend or her, desperate for money well end up doing something illegal and get arrested or caught up in something, but no, that doesn't happen. Then Melissa gets put on the graveyard shift at her grocery store job, and you think that she's going to get raped or attacked (probably by the ex) in the night and that's going to be tragic and horrible, but no, that doesn't happen. Melissa and her boyfriend are now so short for money that are forced to go live with Melissa's mother, who rents a house from the low-life ex, you'd think that would lead to the ex taking advantage of them or throw them out or just harassing them more, but no, that doesn't really happen. So what does happen then, well nothing. This is just a dull, sad portrait of life in rural America which will leave you either utterly bored or utterly depressed.
I suppose you could categorize this as a relationship drama, but really that just makes it sound more interesting than it is.
In short, you probably won't like this.