October Baby
2011 Directed by Andrew Erwin, Jon Erwin
Synopsis
Every Life Is Beautiful
OCTOBER BABY is the coming of age story of a beautiful and naive college freshman who discovers that her entire life is a lie and sets out on a road trip with a host of misfits to discover herself and the answers she craves.
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There are striking similarities between this movie (one that I found growing distaste for as each minute passed) and Hanna. Both have young female characters with the same name (adding an "h" for this one). Neither girl knows her biological father. Both traveled in an old van with a strange crew. Both were seeking their true identity. That's where the similarities end. Hanna I loved, October Baby I detest. There are scenes here that last FOREVER with characters giving long monologues. When that won't do, the writers give us scenes like the one where a police officer has some unbelievably convenient clues, a deeply prying question, and some uninvited advice (in the form of what would be a rehearsed speech in real life). The sad part is that I agree with this movie's core message about the sanctity of life, but as a film it is terrible.
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The first time I heard about this film, I was excited. As time went on, it was released, the reviews started coming out, and my expectations climbed higher. I bought it as soon as I could on DVD, and was even more pleased when it lived up to the claims.
This is a difficult story, and the controversial subject of abortion is handled in an excellent manner. Rather than make a film with the single message of “abortion is wrong,” the Erwin brothers made a story about life, and from that we can see for ourselves why abortion is wrong. That’s the kind of filmmaking the Christian industry desperately needs.
As could be expected, this is a very emotional film.…
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I assume this is what Mitt Romney watched to completely reverse his beliefs on a woman's right to choose.
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One good, giant step outside the box of "faith-based" films, but not yet on the "moon."
"October Baby" is a complex mix of light comedy and quirky charcters + heavy storyline + remarkable emotional cadence + some shmalzy parts. It's the story of a girl, trying to find out who she is. Where she comes from. So we have this journey film, an arc of self discovery, along with the standard, young adult Nicolas Sparks-type romance of unattainable guy and the weird girl...then a little comedy caper.
Now juxtapose some of the most heavy material you can add. Abortion. Adoption. Regrets. Rejection. Complicity. Secrets.
This causes the movie to be just as jagged as the running of their ancient VW…
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A very annoying movie. Felt more like a nickoldean tv show. Hannah is a Baby for sure and half the movie is complaining and complaining. And she just tells her sob story to everyone and gets out of every problem. And out of know where she will act drunk and stupid. The only good thing about the movie is B-Mac and his cousin. This movie I would never recommend to anyone.
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Movie Moxie Challenge 13 Film 2. The worst Christianity has to offer.
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A Christian film that manages to beats its message into the audiences' heads at every turn. A killer setup (a victim of attempted foeticide seeks to confront her baby-killing mother) is wasted on fluffy dialogue and insufferable amounts of worship music. Jasmine Guy shows up long enough to deliver a particularly heartfelt monologue. And then there are 13 endings, each filled with varying amounts of eye-roll inducing tears.
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Take all of the most melodramatic cliches you can think of, roll them all together, add in some bad acting, and you get this movie.
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There are striking similarities between this movie (one that I found growing distaste for as each minute passed) and Hanna. Both have young female characters with the same name (adding an "h" for this one). Neither girl knows her biological father. Both traveled in an old van with a strange crew. Both were seeking their true identity. That's where the similarities end. Hanna I loved, October Baby I detest. There are scenes here that last FOREVER with characters giving long monologues. When that won't do, the writers give us scenes like the one where a police officer has some unbelievably convenient clues, a deeply prying question, and some uninvited advice (in the form of what would be a rehearsed speech in real life). The sad part is that I agree with this movie's core message about the sanctity of life, but as a film it is terrible.
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This movie made me cry and laugh and cry that after the movie, I can't point out what emotion topped it all. The ending is cheesy, to spoil you, and the societal issue of 'abortion' was smoothly explained.
I actually watched this movie along with my schoolmates on our Auditorium and I bet they'd tell you the same things (like laughing and crying) and when the credits were rolling I thought I could finally stop crying, there was an interview there and I sat down on my seat again coz I have to cry again. This story is very heart-warming ♥
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A very touching story.
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There are films that try to convey wholesomeness by reflecting realistic situations onto their characters and succeed in making a heartwarming excursion; in this case, I'm thinking of the Kendrick Brothers' Courageous. Then there are films that take a delicate situation or belief and fist it into a film where plot and characters are the least of their concerns. October Baby's plan, from what I can observe, is to pose a very good debate on abortion, pro-life, and maybe even dab into a little Christian theology. Fine by me. Its ideas are present, but it preaches so loudly to the choir that it drains its characters and plot development for cliches and stock situational drama.
Charming newcomer Rachel Hendrix is…
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It has that independent movie feel. Slow but in a good way. Loved the familiar face. Great movie about family & forgiveness.