We found this one on Netflix streaming movies.
Willa Holland (of 'Arrow') is Davey, and as the movie opens her family is attending a funeral. It is her dad, and we only find out much later the details. But Davey was close to her dad and this hit her hard.
It hit her mom even harder, Amy Jo Johnson as Gwen Wexler. To help her cope and the family to deal with the tragedy, Gwen's sister and husband drive them from home in Atlantic City to Los Alamos, New Mexico. For an indefinite period of time. Gwen is on medication, she doesn't interact much, eat much. It is a problem.
Meanwhile Davey and her young brother enroll in the local schools, since they don't know when they might return home. Davey gets somewhat involved, meets some other students, but her best friend results from an impromptu bike ride and slide down a steep slope.
There she encounters Tatanka Means as Wolf , later known as Martin Ortiz. He is a mysterious sort, a Native American who knows about hiking and climbing. And who also is having to get used to a loss of family, his sick father is in a hospital, one that Davey now volunteers at, and he doesn't have much longer to live. (His dad in the movie is also his dad in real life, veteran actor Russell Means).
It is refreshing to see a movie without foul language or sexual situations among the teens. All the points come across very well without it. The story is uplifting, Davey and her mom eventually learn how to overcome their loss and get on with life.
Willa Holland (of 'Arrow') is Davey, and as the movie opens her family is attending a funeral. It is her dad, and we only find out much later the details. But Davey was close to her dad and this hit her hard.
It hit her mom even harder, Amy Jo Johnson as Gwen Wexler. To help her cope and the family to deal with the tragedy, Gwen's sister and husband drive them from home in Atlantic City to Los Alamos, New Mexico. For an indefinite period of time. Gwen is on medication, she doesn't interact much, eat much. It is a problem.
Meanwhile Davey and her young brother enroll in the local schools, since they don't know when they might return home. Davey gets somewhat involved, meets some other students, but her best friend results from an impromptu bike ride and slide down a steep slope.
There she encounters Tatanka Means as Wolf , later known as Martin Ortiz. He is a mysterious sort, a Native American who knows about hiking and climbing. And who also is having to get used to a loss of family, his sick father is in a hospital, one that Davey now volunteers at, and he doesn't have much longer to live. (His dad in the movie is also his dad in real life, veteran actor Russell Means).
It is refreshing to see a movie without foul language or sexual situations among the teens. All the points come across very well without it. The story is uplifting, Davey and her mom eventually learn how to overcome their loss and get on with life.