Lala Hoohoo I don't think there's a person I mention this to - even to this day who says they've heard of it or saw it back in I show it to them.One of the things I do wonder is - how many small businesses for sale are inspired to do the raffle thing - because I think it's a great idea.I love the characters' depth. This is not a sequel or franchise that has dozens of offshoots that have time to develop and enhance the characters, it's a one night stand and they make sure you get to know what they about...or at least what they appear to be until closer to the end.The setting is lovely. I've never been to New England but everyone who has been there and those who grew up in small down New England vouches that this is about 'their town'. I love Percy's "fish out of water" beginning and then expertise after she gets into the swing of it, as well as the wisdom she brings to small minds.I promise when people watch it that they won't be disappointed.

snafux7 Let me make it simple for everyone...If you are a woman (especially if you happen to currently be menstruating) you will positively adore this movie. Just sit back with a glass of zinfandel and a box of tissues and enjoy. It is heavy-handed melodrama and cliché 'character' acting by all the usual female stereotypes but sometimes that isn't always a bad thing. I realize that this probably sounds condescending and insensitive so in advance let me apologize and recognize that everything I say is wrong anyway.If you are a dude on the other hand I hope and pray for you that you have a 2nd TV located in another room, preferably hooked up to a PS3 or XBOX so that you can properly recalibrate your testosterone level after watching the first 20 mins of this train wreck. It has absolutely nothing of interest to you, trust me. You know that feeling you get when you're alone in a room of women all talking at the same time and you can't leave? Now imagine an hour and a half of that with no respite, every time you think it cannot possibly go any further down the rabbit hole of "I do not give a f$*k" it somehow manages to kick it up a notch.As an aside, I was born and raised in the Northeast and the vast majority of 'Maine' accents in this film are about on par with the 'British' accents of Natalie Portman and Keanu Reeves, its pretty damn bad.Personally I think the average woman would give this 8-9 stars and the average guy would give it 1 or 2 so in all fairness I'm splitting the difference, we're it just up to me I'd give it either 1 or 0.

sir_brettley This film was allegedly a critical success but in reality it's a plodding, overwrought film that never really gets going.The characters are shallow and the alleged protagonist is a "Mary Sue". While I was led to believe that the film would be a wonderful account of people and complexities of relationships all I saw was bad writing and worse acting.While the written version and Biblical allegories of forgiveness and healing may work, this theatrical version misses the mark. I suppose if you have a pariah complex you can relate to this movie but for everyone else it's a waste of time.

has43 I rated this movie 5/10 only because I truly hate the ending. Is the author saying Percy HAD to die to redeem everyone else? If so, that really stinks. God knows what her life was life before she took her tormentor out. AND after. Reminds me of "A Tree Grows In Brooklyn." The mother killed the man who raped her daughter, but after awhile all that anyone seems to remember is that she was convicted of murder. And then there's "Mystic River," wherein Tim Robbins' character was molested as a young boy by two priests, barely escapes with his life, such things were not discussed at that time, he lived with his pain, and then is taken out, and his murderer justifies the unfortunate wrongful murder, but we're left hanging as to any justice occurring, whatsoever.Also, I cannot abide Will Patton, in anything I've seen him in. Otherwise, I think the movie was pretty extraordinary, and I wish I'd walked out of the theater before the ending. If the author ever reads these reviews, I do wish he would explain the ending.Thank you for listening.