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Simple Things (2007)
Pretentious, ignorant, and offensive drivel
Usually movies in the genre are sweet, silly, and quaint. You expect these movies to lack reality but not to the point of being truly distasteful. This movie however almost strives to be biased, ignorant and offensive. There is nothing "sweet" about this movie. The "father" a doctor, supposedly leaves his 10 year old asthmatic son home alone, in a strange town out in the woods, just months after his mother dies of cancer. The portrayal of the local residents is offensive at best. The writers have an obvious ignorance of rural life in the Appalachian Mountains and are the exact reason there is a distrust. The fact is people wait in line for days when mobile clinics come to the rural areas. Doctors would be treated like visiting royalty in towns without one. I'm not expecting this movie to be 100% accurate but I wish the writers had at least tried to be a little bit more sensitive to the characters instead of insulting an entire region of the country. The fact this movie has gotten so many good reviews astounds me.