This movie is interesting and keeps you watching because you can't make stuff like this up! Mom makes poor choices all along but never sees her choices as having an impact on her children's lives. Three children with three different dads- and none of which want to be involved, nor does she want any male involvement, doesn't help children- on many levels. The grandma almost seems proud of the fact that she manipulated people and the jury! The mom has a boy, Phoenix, after Ella dies, for which she pierced his ears as a little toddler and has him wear a pony tail or pig tails?! It's as if she wants Phoenix to replace Ella and be a girl. The mom chooses to buck the norms of society in raising her children, and then seems surprised by the outcome of her life. The story makes you feel sorry for Paris having been raised in such dysfunction. The last scene where mom gets on a golf cart with grandma and Phoenix carrying the ashes of Ella just solidified how odd the family is and it's no surprise that this is their life.
Review of The Family I Had
