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Jessica Lange is a social worker who falls for an abandoned newborn and breaks all the rules by bringing him home. Halle Berry is the homeless druggie who dumped the baby. One of the film's best attri...( read more 
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MCT:July 17, 2008
This was such a touching film, It made me ache to see Isaiah's birth mom take him back. I know it was her child, but she didn't deserve him and it wasn't fear to the woman who took him in after she dumped him-literally. A very sad movie.
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MCT:June 25, 2008The characters in this movie will tug at your heart.Its sad watching Isaiah being torn between his real mom and his foster mom.I wouldn't have the heart to tell a mother she can't have her child.If a person gets their act together and does whats right then at all cost i think the mother should have her child. This was a great movie.
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MCT:April 17, 2008
Should an African-American child be raised by Anglo-American parents? This is the perplexing question raised in Stephen Gyllengaal's tragic "Losing Isaiah", the story of the desperate custody battle between the white adoptive parents and the black biological mother of little four year old Isaiah. Khaila Richards has discovered that the baby she left in a cardboard box is still alive and lays claim to him, stating that he should not be raised by parents of a differing colour. Margaret and Charles Lewin will not concede without a fight though, and they enlist an African-American attorney to represent their cause. Based on the novel by Seth J. Margolis, the film sees baby Isaiah being abandoned by his drug addict black mother Khaila Richards in a bin shortly after his birth. He is found and taken to hospital where Margaret Lewin, a white doctor caring for him, decides to adopts him as her own child. Isaiah fits well into the Lewin family despite hailing from a different racial background and he grows into a happy, cherished little boy. But four years later, Khaila is back on the scene demanding custody of her son back now that she is clean. And it seems the Lewins' have a fight on their hands to keep the child since the family court system not only favours children being returned to their parents but also the idea of people only being allowed to foster/adopt children of the same racial background as themselves. The quality of acting was excellent from all members of the cast. Jessica Lange gave a great depiction as Margaret Lewin, the mother who doted on Isaiah with as much love as if she had given birth to him herself. Although, on the surface, it was quite hard to like Khaila Richards, Halle Berry gave the role substance and managed to make her an almost sympathetic character as the film went on. However, the real praise has to be reserved for the tiny Marc John Jefferies, who played Isaiah. Anyone who has ever said small children can't act or tried to excuse mediocre child acting on the basis of the child's age needs to see this boy's first-class performance despite the fact he must barely have been out of nappies when he appeared in this film. I found this film quite realistic in that respect and could completely empathise with the Lewin family's sense of helpless and disbelief as they risked losing their son to a mother who dumped him purely on the basis of they had the wrong skin colour and DNA. 'Losing Isaiah' certainly shows that a child's sense of security and love must always come first, regardless of what the biological mother wants or whether his skin tone matches his adoptive parents.
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MCT:February 24, 2008
Really great movie truly a sad story but great movie if you have not wacth it yet wacth it it is as good as they make movie now days
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MCT:February 21, 2008
In this movie thier is great acting. the story was really good. the directing could have been a bit better. Halle was very convincing and great. enjoyable.
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MCT:October 13, 2007
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MCT:September 28, 2007I can't believe they would ever give a child back to the mother that threw him in the trash! That's so incredibly wrong!!!
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MCT:August 20, 2007
this movie was so beautiful!
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MCT:August 4, 2007Great movie...recommend it to those who use drugs and have a family....you may or will lose your child to the government.
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MCT:May 20, 2007
great acting. the story was really good. the directing could have been a bit better. Halle was very convincing and great. enjoyable.
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MCT:May 13, 2007
Wow!! even though I don't like Halle Berry that much, I must say she performed her role perfectly!! really touching story with a great end!!
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MCT:April 24, 2007
its so sad in parts.. but over all a good show.. every girl should watch it.. and it also makes u think wut u would do if u were in that situation
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I haven't seen it and or haven't seen a movie trailor to get me to want to see it. Nor has a friend that shares my interest has told me of the movie to grab my interest to the movie. The Stars in the movie may get me to see it some day. But, not right away in either Theaters or on DVD.
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MCT:April 4, 2007
sad and yet very loving..shows the strain that drugs can cause,the love that a child can receive from another family and the attachment a child will have on someone that takes care of them and shows endless love..and that people can change for the better over time and help.
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MCT:April 3, 2007
Yes tells both sides of the story very well quite a sad film some quite heart breaking moments in it good performances all around.
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MCT:March 24, 2007
A touching story about a mother recovering over a drug addiction and wanting her baby back ..and the nurse who Isaiah knows as his mommy..
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MCT:March 20, 2007
I love this movie... this help me show my mom that you can love adopted childs just as much as your own...
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MCT:March 19, 2007
Very good movie I loved it, Very cute but sad because UGH you just gotta see it to believe the sweet end and togetherness people have and the love they have for one child.
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MCT:March 19, 2007Blablablablablabla... @_@
I think I should stop rating movies. I'm running out of witty things to say.
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MCT:March 1, 2007
I liked this movie...and kind of didn't care...and was happy that I wasn't an adult in the early nineties.
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MCT:February 20, 2007
Quite a moving film, doing the best to show both sides to a heart-breaking and all too common real life situation.
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MCT:February 19, 2007
A touching story about how life makes us do things we regret, gets us back on track, and causes pain for those around us.
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