I really don't understand people giving so bad reviews to this movie.
The fact that this young girl has to be so mature cause her mother isn't is sad. Even if the girl doesn't really cry, doesn't mean she can't hurt inside. Yes, nothing really awful happened to her in the beginning of the movie but the fact her mother wasn't acting like a grown up, instead the girl had to be strong for her mother and listen to all her worries. Even if adults have worries or depression, it's never child's job to comfort them.
And there was also the girls that were mean to her at the stables and her mother never asked how was her day. So their roles go all wrong, the young girl seems to be more grown up than her mother.
And when she had a birthday, which is a big thing at her age, her mother totally forgot that too cause she was so caught up in her own life and her new bf.
Yet another thing, her mother never told her anything about her father, even tho she asked. It's important to tell a child why their other parent is absent. She probably wouldn't have left to search her father if her mother would've told her about him and she could have arranged them a meeting if the girl wanted to see him.
And the fact she found out her father has schizophrenia in the way she did, instead of her mother giving her a heads up so it wouldn't be a shocking suprise. So her father ruining her competition and embarrassing her cause everyone think he's drunk or something. And when he started to speak with those voices in his heads, the girl was so scared cause she couldn't understand what was happening.
Being near to person in psychosis can be really scary, even if you know about schizophrenia cause their behaviour is very unpredictable.
In the end I just wanna say I really enjoyed the movie, cause I really understand this characters as a single mother who has had depression and also I haven't always been parenting enough and it has affected my child. I'm also a nurse and I have seen people with schizophrenia in my work. Only thing that didn't feel likely was how fast this young girl learned to drive a car.
The fact that this young girl has to be so mature cause her mother isn't is sad. Even if the girl doesn't really cry, doesn't mean she can't hurt inside. Yes, nothing really awful happened to her in the beginning of the movie but the fact her mother wasn't acting like a grown up, instead the girl had to be strong for her mother and listen to all her worries. Even if adults have worries or depression, it's never child's job to comfort them.
And there was also the girls that were mean to her at the stables and her mother never asked how was her day. So their roles go all wrong, the young girl seems to be more grown up than her mother.
And when she had a birthday, which is a big thing at her age, her mother totally forgot that too cause she was so caught up in her own life and her new bf.
Yet another thing, her mother never told her anything about her father, even tho she asked. It's important to tell a child why their other parent is absent. She probably wouldn't have left to search her father if her mother would've told her about him and she could have arranged them a meeting if the girl wanted to see him.
And the fact she found out her father has schizophrenia in the way she did, instead of her mother giving her a heads up so it wouldn't be a shocking suprise. So her father ruining her competition and embarrassing her cause everyone think he's drunk or something. And when he started to speak with those voices in his heads, the girl was so scared cause she couldn't understand what was happening.
Being near to person in psychosis can be really scary, even if you know about schizophrenia cause their behaviour is very unpredictable.
In the end I just wanna say I really enjoyed the movie, cause I really understand this characters as a single mother who has had depression and also I haven't always been parenting enough and it has affected my child. I'm also a nurse and I have seen people with schizophrenia in my work. Only thing that didn't feel likely was how fast this young girl learned to drive a car.