So many people bring up the noise of the movie but I watch everything with subtitles so I can't attest to that. But it is a great movie of how a parent less child would deal with life and become aware of how adults function in the most in functional situations. Adults who always grew up without adequate adults or adults who regressed into behaviors that would sabotage any legitimate relationship with anyone of any age. This girl named Jo wavered into a world with a friend who kept her aligned along the way. Doesn't matter how that friend got there but in reality, we will create our own balance to keep true to ourselves without even realizing it. Especially at such a young age. And I'm glad someone had the sense to portray that. Maybe some would have left this friend behind but not leaving that friend behind is what made Jo, Jo. After having to leave her friend she had to become someone else wholeheartedly. She was aware and most aware than most adults are now. This movie was as closest to realism than ever. Some of us create this friend as a buffer to real life because we've never had that person to create it for us. This film is so simplistic yet not enough for those who never had to think outside their own realm. Which is good, power to those to don't have to see it that far but powerful enough to make that connection to those of us that can see the need for this type of film for those who want to or can easily connect to young Jo.
Review of Her Name Was Jo
