Lorelei

A single mother who faces obstacles. Her high school boyfriend who just got out of prison after 15 years who is trying to find his place. It's a movie that feels so true in reality.

Top end performances all around belie this dark emotional film about second chances. The symbolism intertwined in the plot may work more for some viewers than others - myself, I'd wish there was just a smidgeon less, particularly in ending.

Promising story with solid acting but what was the plot? What was the goal? Where was a resolution? No story arc or heroes journey.

Engaging, unusual and hopeful.

Moving. Humbling. True to life. This film always kept you grounded in reality yet took you on a journey of what could have been. Watching again to catch anything I may have missed. Jena and Pablo do a wonderful job!

Loreli is filled with warmth and meaningful sentiment.

Pablo Schreiber was great when he was on HBO's the wire and here he gives the same great performance. The movie on a hole was good but after being vested in the family's lives we were left with too many unanswered questions. This movie to me could have been done better with a series to which we could have seen more into how there lives would have continued to grow and evolve and prove that there can be life after prison if given a chance!

It's a wholeheartedly performed film with an admittedly familiar premise and dysfunctional family tension we've all seen a hundred times.

Jena Malone and Pablo Schreiber play some of the most believable characters I've seen in a while. It's a gritty family drama with a strong currently of restoration and rebuilding....but in a way that avoids cheese or schmaltz.

Exceptionally strong performances from Pablo Schreiber and Jena Malone highlight this family drama that treads over familiar and at times predictable territory. Despite these flaws it manages to offer enough warmth and poignant moments to lift it's set up. Schreiber plays a man who emerges from prison after 15 years. He settles back in with his former girlfriend, Lola (Jena Malone) who now has three children. His attempts to adjust into a Dad-like role leads him to withdraw. But when Lola herself takes off he is forced to make that giant step without even knowing how. Worth watching for it's incredible real acting alone.