Pearl

Wow. The acting in this is so bad it is cringeworthy throughout.

Hint to filmmakers: Let models be models, but do not cast people with zero talent at acting for acting jobs.

BTW, the positive reviews here are from single use accounts. That is shilly.

A startling beginning brings two characters together in a smart sensitive story of alienation and love.Director,writer Bobby Roth knows about grief and violence,but he doesn't push this in your face.Rather he puts Pearl, the young girl of the story,in the care of a self loathing drunk. Sparks fly when they meet,but the two actors -Larsen Thompson and Anthony Lapaglia , as her unwilling carer, circle each other, tentatively and we dont know what to expect. The skill of the writing and the performances, leads us to some unusual places, but slowly we begin to care about these people in a surprising way. This is not a daytime melodrama or thriller, but a subtle,enjoyable tale of kindness .

This looks like it should be a Hallmark or Lifetime movie.

It just doesn't work.

Every scene (I watched) was awkward AF.

The scene where she goes to see her father was horrible.

I pulled the plug at 30 minutes.

Simple plotline and the acting that never touches the heart.

The acting was dreadful. Pearl could have learned responsibility at the end of the film, but she didn't. Instead, she is glorified for what she did. Life isn't that simple. The film ends too abruptly.