SPOILERS but it's OK, you don't want to watch the movie.
First off, 2 stars simply for the excellent acting and camera work. Nothing wrong there. Also, I fell asleep once and lost interest pretty much during the entire movie. Which may or may not make some points I make inaccurate, just being honest; but it says a lot about the movie that did that to me as well. I fell asleep at the turning point of the movie where J Biel was a 'good guy', being presented as a sole responsible person, delivering birth for marginal persons and being concerned about local social abuse. Basically the only decent person in town. Next day, I continued the movie, finding out that suddenly she was treated as a bad person. After trying to rescue a kid. Why? We see it later, but it surely confuses. Turns out there is a reversal, and the bad guy kidnapping a kid and hauling them to an abandoned building (?) is actually rescuing the kid. Turns out Biel is kidnapping kids in the first place to 'give them a better life', but it's OK because it's from 'poor people'. Kidnapping kids from their parents is a CRIME and a despicable act of a stranger against the kid and the parents. The movie tries hard to balance the situation, portraying Biel as responsible and caring; the kidnappers aids as 'moral' and refusing money, and the local townspeople as marginal, hopeless hillbillies; verbally abusing inmates; and the last kidnapped kid - which was a semi-adult - trying to rationalise the abuse against the benefits - failing 100%. Note that a KID can not do so, simply missing its parents beyond anything. Also, if a kid gets an opportunity in life, why not simply offer it instead of kidnapping him/her? Also, why does Biel insist all the kids are dead? Furthermore, wouldn't at least some been found after a search, or some return of their free will? In the end, the movie reveals the plot, and you realise you've been watching crap in several dimensions. Money back, please.
First off, 2 stars simply for the excellent acting and camera work. Nothing wrong there. Also, I fell asleep once and lost interest pretty much during the entire movie. Which may or may not make some points I make inaccurate, just being honest; but it says a lot about the movie that did that to me as well. I fell asleep at the turning point of the movie where J Biel was a 'good guy', being presented as a sole responsible person, delivering birth for marginal persons and being concerned about local social abuse. Basically the only decent person in town. Next day, I continued the movie, finding out that suddenly she was treated as a bad person. After trying to rescue a kid. Why? We see it later, but it surely confuses. Turns out there is a reversal, and the bad guy kidnapping a kid and hauling them to an abandoned building (?) is actually rescuing the kid. Turns out Biel is kidnapping kids in the first place to 'give them a better life', but it's OK because it's from 'poor people'. Kidnapping kids from their parents is a CRIME and a despicable act of a stranger against the kid and the parents. The movie tries hard to balance the situation, portraying Biel as responsible and caring; the kidnappers aids as 'moral' and refusing money, and the local townspeople as marginal, hopeless hillbillies; verbally abusing inmates; and the last kidnapped kid - which was a semi-adult - trying to rationalise the abuse against the benefits - failing 100%. Note that a KID can not do so, simply missing its parents beyond anything. Also, if a kid gets an opportunity in life, why not simply offer it instead of kidnapping him/her? Also, why does Biel insist all the kids are dead? Furthermore, wouldn't at least some been found after a search, or some return of their free will? In the end, the movie reveals the plot, and you realise you've been watching crap in several dimensions. Money back, please.