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The Mitchells vs the Machines (2021)
Brilliant!
I don't understand how this movie could get a negative review. This movie is brilliant! I thought the humor was smart & hilarious! I was in tears - especially with the dad. Omg, the scenes from their road trip & past family trips are so funny. "The Rick Mitchell special." 😂 and when the Mitchell's try to reenact their perfect neighbors "butterfly" getaway - 😂😂😂😂.
This dad tries so hard to make every moment with his family bold & amazing, but they always end in disaster. Ha. He's got a big ego & refuses to change, & it's affecting his relationship with his daughter. I love how they show the love, bond, & sacrifices Rick makes for his family & daughter. I cry every time I see those scenes. Yes, the robot apocalypse story has been done before, but that's not the point. It's about the trials & tribulations families go thru. Families are messy, but there's nothing stronger than the love, bond, & security you feel with your family. I also love how it touches on technology & how we need to put the devices down for a bit & start interacting with our families & living our lives.
Whether you have kids or you were once a kid, I feel like everyone can relate to this story in some way. We've all felt like our parents didn't understand us when we were kids, & it's becoming even more apparent today with technology. Excellent writing, beautiful animation, & many life lessons we could all learn from. The only negative I would give is the casting for the brother. I believe the director did the voice & it was not a good choice. It totally threw me off. I couldn't tell if he was 5 or 15. Very poor choice. Other than that, well done! I've watched this at least 5x now & it gets better every time.
The Sentence (2018)
I lived this story
For those who gave this film a bad rating, they obviously have no emotional connection to someone who was incarcerated for a non-violent drug offense, let alone a conspiracy charge. This film was compelling, raw, & authentic. It's amazing!! Grab a box of tissues!
It reminds me so much of my childhood. My mother was incarcerated when I was 8yrs old for possession of narcotics. Her & my father had been using drugs since they were kids, like a lot of drug addicts, & they both ended up in jail for drug use. My dad eventually left the picture, & my mom was in & out of prison til I was an adult. My grandparents raised my siblings & I & gave us a great life. My gma drove us to whatever prison my mom was at every few months. I remember how much I missed her & how excited I'd get every time we'd go to see her. But, I started growing up, & every time she went back to jail I'd grow more & more resentful. You lose so much not having your mother there. I thought she chose drugs over us. I didn't understand that drug addiction is a disease that can't be cured by prison time. They'd lock her up for drug use & posession every time, & send her back out into the world after she did her time. She never got the help she really needed.
The last time my mom was sent to jail the judge wanted to send her away for life. My gma found an amazing long-term rehab facility called Delancey Street & the judges granted her to go there instead of serving her sentence. It's a 2 yr commitment & it's not like a typical rehab. It's a place for those who have tried everything to get sober & nothing works. It's a non-profit & costs nothing - u just have to really want to recover & change your life. Delancey has a 97% success rate for those who successfully complete the 2yr program.
My mom stayed for 7yrs & has been sober for 20. She just received her masters degree in professional counseling & works as a professional drug counselor. She's a completely different person; an amazing mother who I respect & admire, a dependable friend, a pillar of her community, & a law-abiding citizen. She's better than most pple I know, & she couldn't have done it without help.
My siblings & I have all struggled at different points in our lives because my mother was never around while we grew up. It has lasting affects on the entire family. Yes, my mother actually did the crime, but it doesn't make it any easier to deal with. Non-violent drug offenses have ridiculous sentences & the punishment is not valid or helpful. It doesn't help pple change their lives for the better, it makes it harder. These pple need help. To make it worse, conspiracy charges for drug offenses are insane!! I know how difficult it was for me, so I can only imagine what it was like for this family. We all do stupid things when we're young. We fall in love with the wrong guy & think we can change them. We hang out with the wrong crowd. Whatever it is, it doesn't deserve a 15yr sentence!! Not for a drug offense when you're the gf!!
For the person who is upset that the film didn't talk about her charges exactly, they did! She fell into the problem that Congress has been trying to fix called "The girlfriend problem". The only crime she was guilty of was to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. The 1.5 million children they've left behind so far are left with overburdened friends & family or in the child welfare system, where they're at increased risk of physical or sexual abuse. How is that fixing the problem??
We need more stories like this to be told! Thank you Rudy for sharing you story. I loved that it was shot like a homemade movie. It felt very real & not like a production. That's how u make a documentary! Don't listen to the critics because this is your truth! I wish Cindy & her girls nothing but the best!! I really hope her girls can recover from this. Stay close to them Cindy. U can do this! If my mom can, & she was way worse, u can too!
Everyone needs to watch this film!!!