I cant beleive that woman knowingly left the child with a couple who she knew absolutely nothing about. Especially with the man who was being investigated for causing the kids mothers death.
And I cant imagine he would have any chance at all of adoption following his wifes death.
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The kid's mother tried to kill the kid in addition to herself by stranding the car on the tracks. He did not intentionally kill her. The social worker knew the kid had a rough life with a mom that didn't get out of bed all day and a drunk. She saw how happy the kid was flying the kites with those people and she knew he should stay there.
shareYes it is unlikely the social worker would make that choice. But it was a good choice.
shareI was more concerned with the choice of the foster home. How can you put a kid in such an unsympathetic environment after having witnessed a mother's gruesome suicide? This kid needed hugs and counseling and an opportunity to grieve. Did the social worker really think that the kid needed discipline more than he needed a caring and loving person to help mourn and adjust to losing the only person that meant anything to him?
Instead he gets placed with an uncaring foster mother who shows very little sympathy regarding his recent loss, tells him that he's to sleep in a pink bedroom and expects him to put on a girl's t-shirt. In addition, she has no clue as to how to handle his outbursts, not connecting it to his mother's death, and administers old-fashioned disclipine by locking him in the room. Now that was dumb on the part of the social worker!
Well it is true enough that it is very doubtful that a social worker would allow a child to stay in the circumstances of the film but no real social worker would have the time to investigate a child's disappearance and stake out a house to see if the kid is there either. The only realistic depiction is that foster homes are that unloving.
Well, it wasn’t a lie. It was ineptitude with insufficient cover.
This will never happen in real life. It's complete bs that a social worker becomes that involved in such an unprofessional way. If it does happen, it is a big mistake and not ''the heart'' that defies the system.
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Sure. Of course, the absolutely realistic movie that you're dreaming of... would only be about 20 minutes long!
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