Horrible, just horrible.

I am yet another who is sorry to hear that you feel this way. I saw it yesterday with my boyfriend and both of us loved it.


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I think the movie was inspiring and very good. Sorry you couldn't see that as well. Perhaps you should read the book, too. She was remarkable and it was a wonderful tribute to her legacy.

I can't imagine anyone not liking this movie. Oh well, to each his own.
I just finished watching this movie for the second time. I gave the book that the movie is based on to my sister last Christmas. I wonder if the movie follows the book closely. I loved how they showed the pictures of the family in the ending and told what they are up to now. I was crying my eyes out at the end of the movie.

I was amazed at the strength of character Evelyn Ryan had. Although I would get so angry with Kelly Ryan, at the same time I felt sorry for him. He was human. He made serious mistakes like all people do at times in their life. I feel like his drinking was the biggest culprit along with low self esteem. You could tell he was very proud of his wife. I really don't think he could have lived without her.

This movie made me want to go to my parent's house and hug and kiss them and tell them how much I love them. The Ryan family should be very happy about this movie.

I am sorry you feel that way, i loved it.

I was disturbed by the alcoholism/profanity from Kelly and the thought of how can a woman stay in such a dysfunctional relationship, but there were many in the last sixty years that did the same thing. Either it was the status quo or they didn’t know they had alternatives.

I was disturbed by the pastor that advised Mrs. Ryan to do better and that it was her responsibility.

Despite the disturbing parts, I loved the movie. Most excellent performance by Julianne Moore! I was inspired. No matter how many challenges were put before this woman, she kept her faith. She also kept her family together depite terrible financial odds. She didn’t wallow in her situation, she picked herself up and entered more contests. She was ingenious and had a real flair for words and prose, which were clearly visually and verbally appealing to have won so often. It appears she won one of every four contests she entered! She also inspired her children to do for themselves, and lead them into the world as good strong citizens. It was heartwarming at the end of the movie to see the real Ryan kids all grown up and read the synopsis of what life choices they have made. No one in jail, all productive folks, raising the next generation of Ryans.

Ojonice......I dont want you to feel attacked....but I gotta tell you that your post was so resolute!!! Truth is, I think its possible to miss the intentional shellac that this movie is dripping with. The shellac of perfect pristine is exactly the way it was for the people living thru the fakey fake fifties and women really were supposed to happily sit in thier houses with a smile and above all pleasant and proper at all times.

Thats WHY they focused on the NAGGING, condescending prick of a milkman. She had to kiss his ass. Allow him to play Mr. Superior. Infer that she was lazy and chose not to pay her bills, when all she wanted was to give her kids milk. She had to scramble around and tend to those children all day and wait for her husband to come home and give her some change???? THen when he loses his mind, and the cops have to come and all her kids have to go outside in the middle of the night cuz of her loser husband...that she is supposed to constantly Love, honour and Obey.....after that the Father Hypocrite comes and when she desperately says he is drinking away the money and stressed the bills arent paid he turns it on her and says she needs to try harder. Then as Father butthole goes to leave he gets in the kids face and says are you saying your prayers, etc......and the little boy tells his mom after he leaves.....ew, he smells like dad (or something close to that) and means he smells like whiskey.

That woman and her indominatble keep-0n-the-sunny-side spirit of cheerfulness and silverlining is the absolute theme of the movie. NOt the contests or anything else.

The movie is a tribute, to her from her children that watched her live her terribly dreary life and never let the bastards get her down.

Talk about "blooming where your planted".

I dont mean for you to feel attacked. But Are you a man? I dont see how a woman of any age could have watched that movie and came away from it with that perspective. BUt if I am wrong I apologise. As for the silly or "corny" feel to the movie, it was intentional. IT was done soooo well. And it was meant to contrast sharply and with sourness, againt the "perfect" era. Just to really contrast what she was up against.

Much has changed, yet still much is the same.

THere is nothing I can find in this this movie that is not down Exceedingly well. Brilliant. HEnce, I took the time to write this, cuz every once in awhile, (and it happens to all of us) We just miss the idea.

I wish you could watch it again.

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BAAAAAAAAAAAAAH HUMBUG! Looks like you're in the minority. I'll bet that you hate pizza, chocolate and ice cream, too. Perhaps you should have your batteries checked. A low battery level can send a droid into a deep depression.

The first time I tried to watch this film I gave up after about twenty minutes. The loop of wife wins prize, husband gets drunk and abusive got real old real fast. A friend suggested I give it another try, and I must say, I liked it much better. I found the characters to have more depth than I originally thought. I even was able to muster some sympathy for the father. Sometimes the difference between a good and a bad film is the mood you're in when you watch it.