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A Cross to Bear (2012)
So, so many holes...
This movie attempts to bring a positive message and does succeed in bringing a positive message of compassion, courage, perseverance, forgiveness & perhaps more. If you can overlook the holes in the story then, overall, there is a good message here. Definitely room for improvement though...A woman dies in childbirth and no explanation is given initially as to what happened to the baby; then, SURPRISE! Suddenly the baby you weren't told anything about appears! The progression of this movie is very awkward. There would be no possible way that people who live in Joan's home would not find out after months of living there that Tina is Joan's daughter and what, in the first place would be the reason for attempting to even keep that a secret? Nor is it ever acknowledged or referred to in any way that Joan wanted to keep it secret that Tina was her daughter. Good message but certain aspects of story not thought through well.
The North Star (2016)
Accent difficult to understand. No closed captions either.
I have normal hearing. I can hear and make out everything every one else is saying except for actor John Diehl. John Diehl plays the role of slave master, Master Anderson. Maybe because of his accent in the film but with no closed captions available, I don't want to watch it now knowing I won't be able to make out what one of the main characters is saying. Closed captions serve more purposes other than just making a movie accessible for the deaf or hard of hearing population. But, also, I think it is shameful when movies are made without making it so the deaf can also watch it. It is NOT inclusive of our hearing-challenged population.
An Unlikely Angel (2022)
Sick and not in a good way.
In this film Janie has just had a baby girl & is leaving hospital in a cab which unbeknownst to her is being driven by an angel. The angel, with a smile, states there is some "divine intervention" going on in her situation. Suddenly she yells for him to turn, he does and a truck t-bones them on her side of the car. It seems that the message is that God would happily cause an accident & injury as part of divine intervention. The angel seems to be knowingly causing this accident & seems totally fine with that. Seems pretty warped to me. Angel seems to have no regret/sadness over what is about to occur.