pretty bad ... but some food for thought...

First of all, this is a pretty bad movie as far as production values - scenery isn't too bad but the writing and acting all suffer from a lack of professionalism. I just wanted the story to be less cliched, the actors less deadpan about everything.

I also have some agreement with people who are talking about this indigo/crystal/rainbow phenomena amongst certain kids. I live in a very wonderful but totally self-absorbed "my kid is special" kind of small hip town and after watching the movie and the extras (the extras being at least informative), I thought: "Damn - another way insufferable parents can make excuses for their children's transgressions. 'Oh, Justin isn't ignoring my pleas to eat his tofuburger - he's just busy conversing with a friend over 'the grid'!"

Having said all this snotty stuff - I think there is something to the bigger truth about what I have always called "old soul" kids. There ARE more of these interesting and very aware and empathetic children around. (Though maybe not always exceptionally bright, they usually are.) And maybe some towns or cities have more of them than others: Why do some people congregate to certain places? To provide solice for these evolved beings who might be able to get us out of the mess we're in? To make the little Summers, Dakotas, Sarahs and Jeremiahs safe as they develop? It doesn't seem all that inconceivable to me, really, and I admit I think my town just might just be one of those places.

Yet, I still worry that this is just another excuse for a mother to pull her kid out of school so he can stay home and draw pictures of spider webs and angels in trees. There are parents whose kids should be doing that because their children really DO see angels in trees. But you can bet there are at least twice as many other parents who just need to give their child a little "quiet time" in the corner. They're not all indigo - or crystal - or rainbow.

I just wish some real filmmakers would get their hands on this idea and make a thought-provoking movie that would reach others, instead of just "preaching to the choir" as this well-intentioned but poorly-executed movie has.