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Summary: Interesting storyline Worth the rental price.
Review: A fun & nice movie about the south! Overdone on the language. If not for the language it would be a better family movie. I would have rated it higher if not for the excessive amount of language.
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Summary: 3 1/2 stars for the film and 5 stars for the DVD
Review: a pleasant sincere story about the life of a poor white-american family during the Great Depression inter-crossed with the memories of a strange lonely black-american who returns to die in the place of his childhood when he was a slave in that family plantation... DVD quality is excelent looking at the facial detatails...as expected from columbia-tristar home video releases. real joy
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Summary: A beautiful story, simply told
Review: I greatly enjoyed this film! The plot was very believable, and the way in which the story was told was simple, and down-to-earth. I noticed that some reviewers were offended by the language, which surprised me since I did not think it was at all extreme. When a film uses "offensive" language, but only to the extent that the characters would have realistically done, I feel the director/writer has been faithful to the telling of the story. The mother in this tale, and the elderly ex-slave are two very "old-souls" and beautiful people. I highly recommend this movie, and only gave it 4 stars because the plot had slightly greater potential and depth, but, perhaps this is complimentary, as the director chose to tell the story simply, without attempting to make it more complex or "riveting".
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Summary: A beautiful story, simply told
Review: I greatly enjoyed this film! The plot was very believable, and the way in which the story was told was simple, and down-to-earth. I noticed that some reviewers were offended by the language, which surprised me since I did not think it was at all extreme. When a film uses "offensive" language, but only to the extent that the characters would have realistically done, I feel the director/writer has been faithful to the telling of the story. The mother in this tale, and the elderly ex-slave are two very "old-souls" and beautiful people. I highly recommend this movie, and only gave it 4 stars because the plot had slightly greater potential and depth, but, perhaps this is complimentary, as the director chose to tell the story simply, without attempting to make it more complex or "riveting".
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Summary: Shadrack - Sad.....
Review: I have seen Shadrach 6 times; recommended it to all my friends and they all loved it. Our community rented it so many times we wore it out. I grow up in the South so I could relate. The casting was excellent. Harvey Keitel, Andie and the rest were terrific. I am looking to buy it. I think it needs to go in my library along with The Little Prince and Herald and Maude.
John Sawyer and the whole cast should have received an award.
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Summary: Beautiful movie, beautiful message
Review: I loved this movie. Yes, there is a lot of foul language, but it is not gratuitous at all. The language is a reflection of the family's life and the harshness and difficulty of the Depression. The message of compassion and obligation is the focus of this movie. The cinemaphotography is spectacular. The acting is superb. The kids in the movie are unspoiled, loved, thoughtful and compassionate, a refreshing change from many movies today. Andie McDowell discards her super-model role, and plays a beautiful (inside and out) poor, white trash mother full of beer and heart. Harvey Keitel is an honorable boot-legger with a level of decency that makes him a lovable man. This movie ranks right up there with To Kill a Mockingbird. I'm buying it today!
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Summary: Moving and thought provoking
Review: I really loved this gentle movie. Not only does it allow us to begin to care deeply for the Dabney's ....a very coarse, unrefined poor southern family...but it let's us see them through the eyes of a privileged child as well.
It's message is pure and simple....yet so moving.
Unfortnately it is not a movie for children to view, which is too bad because it has such beautiful lessons about love to teach.
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Summary: Shadrack - Sad.....
Review: I was very disgusted with the language - especially hearing it from the children. Every other word. It's terrible how you can't enjoy a good movie because you are distracted by the foul language.
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Summary: A Bible Parable
Review: Many watch this very moving story without understanding the relationship to the Bible. Shadrack in the Old Testement was a slave, taken into Babalonian captivity. This name is more to remind you of the connection to the Bible and to "point to the Law of Christ"; brotherly love. There are two families portrayed. One, the narrator's, is supossedly Christian. They go to the "right church" and stay away from the needy. Shadrack goes to the other family. They baptize ion the river, help each other and the "stranger in a strange land." The outcome is amazing. "If you do this to the least of these..."You judge who is more Christian, the foul speaking, low rent, fornicating family or the church going, keep to your self folk. The morale of the story is great but very definitely adult. There are baudy scenes that are for 15+ y/o and adult language. Neither detract from the story and are actually, in this case, part of the plot!!
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Summary: A Bible Parable
Review: Many watch this very moving story without understanding the relationship to the Bible. Shadrack in the Old Testement was a slave, taken into Babalonian captivity. This name is more to remind you of the connection to the Bible and to "point to the Law of Christ"; brotherly love. There are two families portrayed. One, the narrator's, is supossedly Christian. They go to the "right church" and stay away from the needy. Shadrack goes to the other family. They baptize ion the river, help each other and the "stranger in a strange land." The outcome is amazing. "If you do this to the least of these..." You judge who is more Christian, the foul speaking, low rent, fornicating family or the church going, keep to your self folk. The morale of the story is great but very definitely adult. There are baudy scenes that are for 15+ y/o and adult language. Neither detract from the story and are actually, in this case, part of the plot!!
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