ReaderKenka Let's be realistic.

Robert Joyner The plot isn't so bad, but the pace of storytelling is too slow which makes people bored. Certain moments are so obvious and unnecessary for the main plot. I would've fast-forwarded those moments if it was an online streaming. The ending looks like implying a sequel, not sure if this movie will get one

Tyreece Hulme One of the best movies of the year! Incredible from the beginning to the end.

Phillipa Strong acting helps the film overcome an uncertain premise and create characters that hold our attention absolutely.

B24 The Sundance cable blurb suggested this was a "low-budget" film worth seeing. A few minutes in I thought I was watching the Lifetime channel for women, but then it showed some interesting story angles and some very nice scenery and I was hooked. The symbolism of sea turtles needing to return to their origins was a little heavy, however, as was the casting of attractive blondes to demonstrate genetic linkage and suggest I suppose why the adoptive mother might have picked the child in the first place. Minor comments.Having come to this film without any foreknowledge of it, I did not catch on to the secondary theme until the red apple pie was about to be delivered to the new neighbors. I was also confused by the way scenes were begun and ended in different times and places until finally I realized how it was tracking in a technical sense to its inevitable conclusion.Still, I was unprepared for the sudden turn about thirty minutes from that conclusion, in which the woman hired to find the son unexpectedly dropped her bombshell. Clumsy editing? I don't know. Normally when I like a film up to a point then lose interest as it dissolves into clichéd denouement I feel cheated. Yet this was such an excellent presentation on the whole I cannot find much fault. I guess I just missed something where redemption and reconciliation might have been more explicit.Much above average for a so-called low budget film.

Iskroot3 I can't say enough about this film! It is simply beautiful to watch, although the pacing may be a bit slow for mainstream audiences.The writing brilliantly weaves three different (yet connected) stories told over three separate time periods. If you pay attention, it will not be hard to follow and the emotional pay off is worth it. The acting is so subtle it draws you in and keeps hold of you until the very end. The cinematographer overwhelms the screen with gorgeous shots of the ocean and sunsets you can practically feel the mists off the waves and the heat from the sun.If you like films that focus on character development over big budgets and hyper action sequences, this film is not to be missed.

sozment I rented Loggerheads this past weekend and I can not begin to say how grateful that I am to have picked up that video.Loggerheads is the most beautiful, mesmerizing movie that I have had the pleasure to view in a very long time. Too many times, movies as beautiful as this are put on the shelves at the local blockbuster to be passed by, when they deserve to have their own section and be spotlighted.From the mesmerizing scenery of the Blue Ridge Parkway to the beaches of North Carolina, Tim Kirkman gives us a breathtaking view while enriching us with a magnificent and heart wrenching story of a lonely drifter, his birth mother, his adoptive family and how their stories all tie together.It's 1999 and Mark, played by the beautiful and very talented Kip Pardue, is a drifter sleeping on the beach (Kure Beach) after leaving home at the age of 17. He is trying to save the endangered "Loggerhead Sea Turtles". This is symbolic as the story unfolds because the Loggerhead Turtles lay their eggs in their nest on the beach and then the mother's abandon them. The eggs are hatched and the babies find their way to the open sea by following the moonlight. And every year, somehow, the turtles find their way back to the same beach to lay their eggs again. Mark as you will discover, feels abandoned in much the same way.He befriends George, played by the handsome and amazing Michael Kelly, is a very sweet soul who takes Mark in and gives him a friend and a place to stay. He becomes Mark's confidant and eventually his love.The story takes place in 3 different years, which Mr. Kirkman takes great strides to help us, the audience, always know the year we are in.In early 2001, we are introduced to Elizabeth and Robert, played by Tess Harper and Chris Sarandon. Robert is a minister in a small town called Eden. Elizabeth is his wife and we learn that they had an adopted son whom left home years ago upon their learning he was gay. They are very old fashioned in their beliefs and therefore, they let him go, never to try and find him. Thus, abandoning him, in my book. Elizabeth tries to come to terms with this decision throughout the movie but realizes as the movie goes on that perhaps this was not the right choice.It's 2002 and Grace (played by the awesome Bonnie Hunt), living in Asheville, N.C. is looking for her son that she gave up at his birth. She was only 16 and her parents forced her to give him up for adoption. Since then she has felt only guilt and grief and needs to find him to feel whole.This beautiful movie is about abandonment, guilt and trying to resolve these feelings. It shows us insight to why these characters feel the way they do and why they feel the need to change. It gives us a character such as Mark, who is sick, yet manages to stay positive with his own beliefs but yet is so full of emptiness and yearning for something that he needs.I can't say how very beautiful and poetic this movie is. I can only recommend that you rent or purchase it.

KSutton0 I just saw this movie at a screening with the producer in Louisville, Kentucky. It was wonderful. I was skeptical about going because I really didn't know anything about it but decided he what the heck. I really liked that Bonnie Hunt played a serious character (the producer said that's why her agent wanted her to do this low budget film). Also, I enjoyed Kip Pardue (Sunshine from Remember the Titans) because he was nice to look at and was more than a pretty face as in other movies. You had to think about what was being said and what was happening to connect it but it was satisfying to think "Oh so that's what that means." I plan on buying the DVD next month!