I caught this good little drama off HBO GO a few nights ago, and it reminded me of a documentary I had seen a few years ago called "God Grew Tired Of Us: The Lost Boys of Sudan". Oscar winner, Reese Witherspoon gets top billing in this story about a group of Sudanese refugees given the chance to resettle in America. They arrive in Kansas City, Missouri, where their encounter with an employment agency counselor (Witherspoon) forever changes all of their lives. Both films pretty much cover the same story and are similar in theme and overall texture.
It's powerful how these refugees react to situations here in the USA we take for granted. For instance, one of them is working at a grocery store, and their manager orders them to throw out some food that has expired- nothing of which is wrong with it other than it's past it's legal expiration date.
And even though she's good in the role, I can't help wonder if Reese's role was beefed up a little to give the movie a little more box office potential?? She got top billing of course, but her character had 40 minutes of screen time. Well, anyway, good little movie- good performances especially from it's principle leads- Arnold Oceng, Ger Duany, and Emmanuel Jal. And I would encourage also checking out "God Grew Tired Of Us" sometime. Corey Stoll also stars.
It's powerful how these refugees react to situations here in the USA we take for granted. For instance, one of them is working at a grocery store, and their manager orders them to throw out some food that has expired- nothing of which is wrong with it other than it's past it's legal expiration date.
And even though she's good in the role, I can't help wonder if Reese's role was beefed up a little to give the movie a little more box office potential?? She got top billing of course, but her character had 40 minutes of screen time. Well, anyway, good little movie- good performances especially from it's principle leads- Arnold Oceng, Ger Duany, and Emmanuel Jal. And I would encourage also checking out "God Grew Tired Of Us" sometime. Corey Stoll also stars.