Monster's Ball
2001
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Aug 6, 2015 · Directed by Robert Machoian and Rodrigo Ojeda-Beck, “God Bless the Child” poignantly illustrates what busy, tired parents have told bored offspring for years: You have to make your own fun ...
- Robert Machoian, Rodrigo Ojeda-Beck
God Bless The Child offers insight into life on the streets, and with the world population rising and more jobs leaving North America, this lifestyle is becoming a nightmarish reality for more and more people in Canada and the United States each year.
In “God Bless the Child,” everyone is seen as God’s child, deserving of help and sympathy. Between mother Theresa (Mare Winningham) and daughter Hillary (Grace Johnston), Hillary is not merely the child. They are both in need of a blessing after Theresa finds herself jobless and homeless. The film paints a stark, painful portrait of hard ...
Unemployed, abandoned by her husband and kicked out of her apartment after not being able to pay her rent, newly single mother Theresa Johnson (Mare Winningham) finds herself homeless and raising...
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- Larry Elikann
- TV-PG
- Drama
Mar 21, 1988 · With Mare Winningham, Grace Johnston, L. Scott Caldwell, Obba Babatundé. Single mother Theresa Johnnson becomes homeless, loses her job, and tries to survive with her young daughter Hillary through charities and public shelters.
- (476)
- Drama
- Larry Elikann
- 1988-03-21
Jan 20, 2024 · 1/10. Star Rating. ★★★★★. We again reach back to our Jan. 1995 issue to bring this timeless heartbreaker to your attention. This 1988 made for television film provides a haunting look at the life of a homeless family, one equaled only by The Saint of Fort Washington (see the Sept. issue for a guide to this excellent production).
Apr 3, 2015 · ‘God Bless the Child’: Film Review. Adventures in babysitting ensue when a depressive mother leaves her five children on their own. By Justin Lowe. April 3, 2015 12:33pm. God Bless...
