I don't know why I watched this film to the end. I recorded it from TV so I could have pressed STOP at any time. It's not like anything happened.
As a slice of life, it was very well produced -- and the lead character must have spent a lot of time with the children to get to know them so well.
However, it didn't really go anywhere. So it made the point that it's a tough life for parents and kids in a run-down neighbourhood. I could have guessed that anyway. And why did our activist hero have to have an attractive sculptor girlfriend? I'm not sure that this conformed to the otherwise gritty realism of the film.
Six out of dix for effort.
As a slice of life, it was very well produced -- and the lead character must have spent a lot of time with the children to get to know them so well.
However, it didn't really go anywhere. So it made the point that it's a tough life for parents and kids in a run-down neighbourhood. I could have guessed that anyway. And why did our activist hero have to have an attractive sculptor girlfriend? I'm not sure that this conformed to the otherwise gritty realism of the film.
Six out of dix for effort.