Watched this yesterday. I never read this book, but now I wish I had. What a great film! I have to rank this one up there with Steel Magnolias and Fried Green Tomatoes on my favorites of all time list.

Like most reviews on Amazon say say, this one definitely tugs at your heart strings. It moves at a nice slow pace, but there’s not a single character here you won’t connect with.

If you’ve ever suffered from the hate or at the hands of someone who made you feel inferior, or you’ve ever lost someone way too soon, then you will love this movie. Dakota Fanning is amazing as a young girl who escapes the hands of an unloving father only to find herself retracing her dead mother’s path in life.

Set in the Civil Rights crisis of the 60′s, the film uses racism only as a backdrop to a much worse hate in the world than the ones that often burden our own shoulders, rather than any form of political statement. Grab the tissues for this one and prepare to forever be changed.