Woe is me.


This movie in a nutshell. With that said, its very good. Alot of us may be able to relate. any of you?

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Actually, yeah. Not the mother-as-alcoholic part, but that dynamic of the hurt/angry daughter not ready to just let everything go b/c the mom wants it and won't own up to what she did...at least not at first. But in time there is a chance to let it go and be content with the present. I could relate to the daughter a lot, it was weird. Even that line about...the mom wanting to break the cycle of the daughter/mom fighting n' crap...and Shay was like "Yeah it will stop here, because I don't want any kids." That's what I'm like too. I don't want kids because I want the long line of dysfunction to end!!

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Yeah, I can relate. My mother wasn't a drunk be she might as well have been. I actually cried at the part of the movie where shay talks about nona taking off for a week. My mother did that when I was 8, I had no idea where she was and she came back like nothing had happened. I wasn't alone, I stayed with my grandma. But I'll never for get that abandoned feeling. I'll never forget realizing that my grandma's the only person I can really count on. I'll never forget realizing that I didn't need or want my mother in my life as long as I had my grandma. Well, my grandma died about 4 years ago, and I live every day feeling abandoned.

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The MOM was a whiner, IMHO.

"Well, I'm sober now - that makes up for everything that *happened* to you (because I had nothing to do with it). Aren't you happy that *I* am sober and happy? What about ME? Why are you mad about the past? It's over now! *I* am sober and happy, so YOU should be happy!"

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Yea.

Sad thing is, my ,mother did stuff like that and she wasn't on drugs or the bottle. Oh well. It was a good movie though, I liked it. I liked all the characters.

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I cannot say I can relate but the character (La)Shay, I could see her point. Especially wanting to get closure with her childhood and her mother from the past, not the new mother. (La)Shay just wanted her "new" mother to knowledge the hurt she went through as a child to grow up; instead the mother would only apologize. The mother did not want to talk to about it at all until (La)Shay and the mother had the scene in the church. My rating is 3 stars out of 5.

My review: I have just watched this movie. The script is effective as well as the acting; there are some strong and intense moments between the mother (singer/actress Jill Scott) and her daughter (actress Nicole Beharie). I cannot wait to see actress Nicole Beharie in other movies and/or television, etc. I have been waiting to see movie American Violet for over a year and a half; hopefully it is on dvd now. My rating is 3 stars out of 5 stars. I have not read the book this movie is based on, called "Orange Mint and Honey". I will check it out.

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I agree, soul. Jill and Nicole were great. The book is really good too so I hope you enjoy it.

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American Violet is on DVD and it is very good!

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I thought the acting was painfully horrendous. LaShay cannot act at all. She looked so awkward on screen it made me cringe with embarrassment for her.

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I thought LaShay was a character? As for acting the actress did a great job.

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