No this isn't a documentary about 21st century Utah or a grindhouse exploitation flick as the posters and DVD covers imply.
'Child Bride' is a surprisingly touching and powerful film. The production quality is very high and the characters are very intriguing.
Set in the rural mountains of an unknown state where people are dirt poor and uneducated we must admire their resilience and family bonds.
Much of it reminded me of 'VC Andrews' novel 'Heaven' except this time we're not routing for there to be any incest.
The local school teacher Miss Carol has devoted her life to ending child marriage. She even refuses to marry her fiancé an assistant district attorney until he successfully petitions the governor to sign a law against it.
But at the same time we can see the train wreck already coming for an innocent nymphet Jennie and her friend Freddie. (no Ys in this movie) Predictably after a series of unfortunate events Jennie is forced into child marriage with a dirty old man.
I said it's predictable that Jennie will encounter conflict but we still feel very deeply for her and the other characters.
SPOILER WARNING In the final moments of the film during Jennie's wedding night Miss Carol's fiancé proudly posts the new law banning child marriage. Miss Carol is delighted that the law came into affect 3 days ago thus voiding Jennie's marriage.
I expected the couple to rush in and save Jennie on her wedding night. But instead Jennie is saved by her 12 year old boyfriend Freddie simply killing her husband in cold blood and the film closes with him saying that now someday Jennie can be his wife.
Not that we're crying for the dead pervert but this seems to be stating that vigilante justice and not the law defeats evil?
'Child Bride' is a surprisingly touching and powerful film. The production quality is very high and the characters are very intriguing.
Set in the rural mountains of an unknown state where people are dirt poor and uneducated we must admire their resilience and family bonds.
Much of it reminded me of 'VC Andrews' novel 'Heaven' except this time we're not routing for there to be any incest.
The local school teacher Miss Carol has devoted her life to ending child marriage. She even refuses to marry her fiancé an assistant district attorney until he successfully petitions the governor to sign a law against it.
But at the same time we can see the train wreck already coming for an innocent nymphet Jennie and her friend Freddie. (no Ys in this movie) Predictably after a series of unfortunate events Jennie is forced into child marriage with a dirty old man.
I said it's predictable that Jennie will encounter conflict but we still feel very deeply for her and the other characters.
SPOILER WARNING In the final moments of the film during Jennie's wedding night Miss Carol's fiancé proudly posts the new law banning child marriage. Miss Carol is delighted that the law came into affect 3 days ago thus voiding Jennie's marriage.
I expected the couple to rush in and save Jennie on her wedding night. But instead Jennie is saved by her 12 year old boyfriend Freddie simply killing her husband in cold blood and the film closes with him saying that now someday Jennie can be his wife.
Not that we're crying for the dead pervert but this seems to be stating that vigilante justice and not the law defeats evil?