1st watched 1/21/2007 - 2 out of 10(Dir-Harry J. Revier): Supposed attempt to turn us against child marriages in some fictional mountain area in the US comes across instead as "where the heck are the authorities?" to fight against adult atrocities like blackmail, murder and the like. A teacher born in the area moves to the city, gets an education, and returns to turn them against this so-called atrocity with her boyfriend lobbying the governor at the same time. The problem is that we're not given very good information as to what the big deal is(the why's). We're just supposed to accept that it's wrong and it should be stopped and follow along with the teacher's crusade thinking of her as some kind of hero for the area. The story then goes the direction of random violence revolved around the teacher being kidnapped by locals who don't like what she's doing with a midget and a guy named "happy" turning out to be the hero's saving her from the mean guys. This attempt at a public service announcement in the theatre, similar to the marijuana movies that came out around the same time, does not do it's job and is a pretty worthless piece of entertainment as well. I'm glad these were failed attempts in the 30's, otherwise we'd see movies with titles like "Timmy loves Tommy" or "Iraq - why we're there", lobbying varies government-based issues. Are choices are bad enough already, good thing we don't have these type added to the mix.
Review of Child Bride
