Got out to see In America last week, and I’m glad we did. The decision was made as much by an inability to agree on anything else as a positive expectation about the film, but we were (unjustly?) rewarded all the same.
Very, very brief scene setting/plot summary: Irish parents with two young girls moves to modern-day New York City, illegally, and move into a tenement, the only apartment they can afford. Life proceeds from there, with a few colorful incidents, but mostly just family dynamics. This is a family struggling with past, present, and future, but also finding occasional joy in the small moments. It’s not light-hearted, but it’s about as real as a movie can be without being, well, real life (which isn’t that dramatic in two hours, most of the time).
I will admit that I felt a horrible sense of foreboding through most of the film. Something bad was going to happen. I was sure of it. Well, while it’s not a 100% Hollywood wrap-up ending, I was quite misled, to my relief. I’m more emotional all the time. I blame my kids. 😉
Note: All Flash movie site. Bah. But, they link to an external site for reviews, which shows some honesty.