I can't really say this was a disappointment, since my expectations were not all that high. Sometimes a certain premise and a couple of promising actresses can reel you in, but things don't quite work out.
The story is based on an actual case, and I had hoped for something along the lines of 'Bully' (2001), but that didn't pan out at all. The director mostly did things by the number, and those 'imaginative' sequences were really nót working.
Abigail Breslin and especially Georgie Henley did an okay job, but with a tedious script like this, what is there to salvage? Mira Sorvino did a particularly bad job of the mother, but James Russo was pretty good as the evil 'stepfather'. The rest of cast ranged from poor to adequate.
Not recommended. 3 out of 10.
The story is based on an actual case, and I had hoped for something along the lines of 'Bully' (2001), but that didn't pan out at all. The director mostly did things by the number, and those 'imaginative' sequences were really nót working.
Abigail Breslin and especially Georgie Henley did an okay job, but with a tedious script like this, what is there to salvage? Mira Sorvino did a particularly bad job of the mother, but James Russo was pretty good as the evil 'stepfather'. The rest of cast ranged from poor to adequate.
Not recommended. 3 out of 10.