Children on Their Birthdays (2002)

User Rating:

6.3/10   

Director:

Mark Medoff

Writers:

Truman Capote (short story)
Douglas Sloan (writer)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Family

Tagline:

Sometimes extraordinary things happen in the most ordinary places

Plot:

12 year old Lily Bobbit moves to Medda, Ala, and immediately makes an impression on the residents when she and her friends team up to outsmart a con man, the town is changed forever.

Plot Keywords:

Friendship | Alabama | Bittersweet | Americana | Widow

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Sheryl Lee	...	Elinore Murphy (as Sheryl Lee Diamond)
Joe Pichler	...	Billy Bob Murphy
Jesse Plemons	...	Preacher Star
Tania Raymonde	...	Lily Jane Bobbit
Christopher McDonald	...	Speedy Thorne
Tom Arnold	...	Lionel Quince
Phyllis Frelich	...	Mrs. Bobbit
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Cynthia Baker	...	Ada Willingham
Tom Brainard	...	Comedian
Brazhal Brewer	...	Rosalba Cat
Ritch Brinkley	...	Acey Trump
Emily Clibourn	...	Cora Mae
Freeman Coffey	...	Mr. Cat
Caitlin Collins	...	Janice
Susan Coolidge	...	Cowgirl Singer
Marilyn Dodds Frank	...	Mrs. Quince
John Judd	...	Jeb
Weston Mueller	...	Butch
Lucina Paquet	...	Mrs. Sawyer
Alexander Piccolo	...	Malcolm Doralle
Paul Quaintance	...	Reverend
Joe Van Slyke	...	Mr. Dixon

MPAA:

Rated PG for mild thematic elements and brief language.

Runtime:

102 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Germany:o.Al. | USA:PG

Filming Locations:

Aurora, Illinois, USA

Company:

Frantic Redhead Productions

Movie Connections:

References The Wizard of Oz (1939)

Soundtrack:

Mama Knows

Shallow movie

This movie was shallow and cotton-candy like. I agree with the reviewer who wrote a review in another website who said that he has a "fantasy that every copy of this movie will magically disappear." I have that same wish. Many other films are more worthwhile to see than this film, which was focused on an extremely pompous and obnoxiously showy teenage girl.

This nuisance(the actress who played Lily Jane Bobbit) did a lousy job in this movie, she did such a terrible job faking a southern accent. The movie was overall corny but she was even worse. She tried to cover up her lack of acting talent in this movie with pretentiousness and a pompous display. This girl is very pretentious and shallow and conceited! I think all she wants to do on-screen is show-off. Save room on TV and film for real, genuine people talented in acting please!(instead of her)