This film is great,I saw it tonight.Sean Penn and Dakota Fanning's acting were stunning,I cried for quite a few times though this is not meant to be a tearjerker.The Beatles references are found from time to time,which was incredibly brilliant.The way Lucy acquired her name,and how Sam was trying desperately to quote what John Lennon had said and how he and Paul McCartney made the song "Michelle" in the court,and because of this,I googled the song "Lucy in the sky wih diamonds",the lyrics are very beautiful and refreshing,plus,with the knowledge of the film,I fell in love with the song immediately.
I love the story and everybody's acting,I just don't understand what entiles the court to deprive a father's custody just because he has the intellectual capacity of a 7-year-old.I mean,I understand why they are worried about the kid's development in the future,but why don't they even ask what the kid's feelings toward his father,and the love bound between them that can never be substituted?And just because the kid deserves more than he can afford to give,they come and take her away from him.I can't help thinking “does every child get everything they deserve because they have normal parents? Why don't they take the kid away from a workaholic parent who has no time for his kid and has intellectual capacity of even younger than a 7-year-old when regarding the ability to appreciate the value of love and family?
It would be very sad if this court interrogation intrude families in real life.I do think so.I want to know if this film mirrors the real life in society or is it exaggerating?
I know this film is not new and probably those of you who have seen it cannot recall it in great detail.But any comments or ideas on the bits and pieces of it and how you feel toward this movie or what I have written is welcome.
I love the story and everybody's acting,I just don't understand what entiles the court to deprive a father's custody just because he has the intellectual capacity of a 7-year-old.I mean,I understand why they are worried about the kid's development in the future,but why don't they even ask what the kid's feelings toward his father,and the love bound between them that can never be substituted?And just because the kid deserves more than he can afford to give,they come and take her away from him.I can't help thinking “does every child get everything they deserve because they have normal parents? Why don't they take the kid away from a workaholic parent who has no time for his kid and has intellectual capacity of even younger than a 7-year-old when regarding the ability to appreciate the value of love and family?
It would be very sad if this court interrogation intrude families in real life.I do think so.I want to know if this film mirrors the real life in society or is it exaggerating?
I know this film is not new and probably those of you who have seen it cannot recall it in great detail.But any comments or ideas on the bits and pieces of it and how you feel toward this movie or what I have written is welcome.
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