Rosie is a strong social drama about a family in crisis. Despite an eerie and desperate life situation, the protagonist tries to keep the family together. They have become homeless. Mother, father and four children. It's tough to see how tough this is and how they strive to get out of a hopeless situation. The film is engaging and touching. The casting is great too. This is probably why I, the viewer, also ask questions about what they could have done differently, to avoid the crisis. The questions I wonder are, for example, what did they do in the months before they became homeless? Is it the pride that makes them not try to find a solution through their own network? Family and friends are present, but not really involved in helping out. Is there a lack of insight into how difficult and hopeless things really are? Is the solution really (as the protagonists) not to be honest with others around them, when in a life crisis? Hard to answer, but in this movie, the family stands so alone and is so lost. It hurts to witness. Something else that makes this film stand out is the story that poverty, like being homeless, also affects people we don't naturally think of as being in this category. That way the film challenges us. I liked it very much, but should have seen more of the solutions, rather than just the hopelessness.
