twistedace21 Review of The Tall Man

The Tall Man (2012)

As previously commented on- this movie contains a horrible theme regardless of interpretation

[3/10 · 13 September 2012]

The overall just of the movie is that unprivileged children deserve a better life-Agreed. Yet, the way they portrayed it was that the underprivileged are the children born to lower class families???? what the f**CK??? that was not only offensive (I was born into such a household) but it it statistically inaccurate. The stories of rags to riches don't just manifest themselves; they are real-life stories about people overcoming financial obstacles. I think the movie was splendidly done and beautifully acted but the message is beyond flawed and will not be taken lightly by audiences. Maybe Hollywood forgot that the majority of America is middle/lower-class families and they are the ones who go to the movies and make those "box office smashes" possible. Although I don't think that the producers foresaw this movie being a smash, they definitely could have foreseen the failure of the message resonating with laymen. I'm in disbelief that such a movie was even green lit or that A-list actors would associate themselves with such a controversial topic. I think this was a movie that just shouldn't have been made. This rich vs poor idealism is going too far and is dangerously flirting with discrimination, which will inevitably lead to violence. America needs to heed this warning and stop finding ways to hate and discriminate against each other; it is not predicative of anything positive.