I have seen this movie three times and I really like it. It is very well acted by everyone involved, and it moves along at a good pace.
SPOILERS IF YOU DON"T KNOW THE STORY Unlike other reviewers, I find the Twiggs to be the bad guys. Hours after burying Arlena they were ready to rush out and find their "real" daughter. At no point did they show any concern for what was best for Kimberly. If you listen to them, it was always about "their" rights. They cared nothing for the fact that a little girl's life was being turned upside down. One wonders what they would have done had Arlena lived. Would they have told her "sorry, you're not our daughter" and swapped her back? Or would they have insisted they had a right to BOTH girls and Bob Mays was entitled to nothing (that would be my guess.) The bottom line is that this movie showed how selfish adults can be. I agree that the testing needed to be done and Kim told of the results, but it should have been with the understanding that the Twiggs would have only as much involvement in her life as SHE was comfortable with. Would that have been hard on the Twiggs? Maybe so, but parenthood is all about making choices that are best for your child, even if it's not what's best for you. The Twiggs were so determined to force themselves on this little girl that they lost sight of that fact. Given enough time to work things out at her own pace, maybe Kim would have been OK. But these people wanted to pretend like the first nine years of this child's life had never happened...I recall one interview with Kim where she said Regina asked could she call her Arlena. Sick and wrong, baby, sick and wrong! Interestingly enough, Kim is now 25 years old, has been married and divorced, had two children (one of whom she temporarily lost custody of), and is practically living on the streets. And her "real" mom refuses to acknowledge that her actions of years ago play any part in this self-destructive behavior.
SPOILERS IF YOU DON"T KNOW THE STORY Unlike other reviewers, I find the Twiggs to be the bad guys. Hours after burying Arlena they were ready to rush out and find their "real" daughter. At no point did they show any concern for what was best for Kimberly. If you listen to them, it was always about "their" rights. They cared nothing for the fact that a little girl's life was being turned upside down. One wonders what they would have done had Arlena lived. Would they have told her "sorry, you're not our daughter" and swapped her back? Or would they have insisted they had a right to BOTH girls and Bob Mays was entitled to nothing (that would be my guess.) The bottom line is that this movie showed how selfish adults can be. I agree that the testing needed to be done and Kim told of the results, but it should have been with the understanding that the Twiggs would have only as much involvement in her life as SHE was comfortable with. Would that have been hard on the Twiggs? Maybe so, but parenthood is all about making choices that are best for your child, even if it's not what's best for you. The Twiggs were so determined to force themselves on this little girl that they lost sight of that fact. Given enough time to work things out at her own pace, maybe Kim would have been OK. But these people wanted to pretend like the first nine years of this child's life had never happened...I recall one interview with Kim where she said Regina asked could she call her Arlena. Sick and wrong, baby, sick and wrong! Interestingly enough, Kim is now 25 years old, has been married and divorced, had two children (one of whom she temporarily lost custody of), and is practically living on the streets. And her "real" mom refuses to acknowledge that her actions of years ago play any part in this self-destructive behavior.