We saw this over the weekend and it was really good--definitely worth seeing.
When the movie opens this Irish family (mom, dad, two school-age daughters) has lost their young son/brother and is arriving in the U.S. to make a new start. It follows them through their first year in America, while they're simultaneously trying to set up life in a new country (always an adventure) and deal with having lost a family member.
It sounds like just another tear-jerker, but it's really not--it's much more well-done than your average tear-jerker.
I liked that it was really about the whole family--neither the kids nor the parents are background props--and has a lot to say about what holds families together and why you have to believe in each other and the like.
And the kids are irresistable.
When the movie opens this Irish family (mom, dad, two school-age daughters) has lost their young son/brother and is arriving in the U.S. to make a new start. It follows them through their first year in America, while they're simultaneously trying to set up life in a new country (always an adventure) and deal with having lost a family member.
It sounds like just another tear-jerker, but it's really not--it's much more well-done than your average tear-jerker.
I liked that it was really about the whole family--neither the kids nor the parents are background props--and has a lot to say about what holds families together and why you have to believe in each other and the like.
And the kids are irresistable.