[REL] Small Time (2020)

[ghost]

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8444952/

It can be brutal enough just growing up a girl. Then add poverty, addiction, and God to the mix. Armed with a gun and a prayer, Emma and her cat bravely go where too many girls have gone before. It's a war, and we gotta win it.

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Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETuggZSoKl4

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[cabraass]

looks great! thx mr ghost!

[ghost]

looks great! thx mr ghost!

It IS great! Just watched it. An outstanding movie. Highly recommanded!

............. just my two cents.

[kev]

looks great! thx mr ghost!

It IS great! Just watched it. An outstanding movie. Highly recommended!

............. just my two cents.

Lemme add another couple-a centavos into the mix:

(Can"t believe it's taken me so long to finally watch this movie. I didn't get the file until April 2024 and finally watched it today. To be honest I was trying to clean up my laptop to give me more HD space for new movies. I was going to delete the file when I thought 'let's just see what this is about' and started watching it. Sooo glad I did!)

This is a GREAT little slice-of-life drama that, though a bit heavy and dark at times, has almost a documentary feel about it. The actors don't seem like actors but like ordinary people. Especially Audrey Grace Marshall, as Emma, who absolutely carries this film on her shoulders! (She's onscreen a good 90% of the movie.)

From the opening shot of Emma squinting, staring off into the distance you immediately know this is an independent low-budget production. Then she kicks a slab of stone and starts it (and the film) rolling (in an almost foreshadowing manner) downhill.

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But the beautiful thing about this movie is it never gets so dark that that all hope is lost. You are, after all, seeing life through the eyes of a 10 year old inquisitive and very resilient child. A huge amount of crap gets slopped on her plate and Emma takes in stride, maybe not understanding the full reality of the situations but in her childish innocence having a better understanding of the underlying meaning of it all. She never wallows in despair, unlike her parents.

As ghost said; this is highly recommended, Well worth a watch!

kev.

[ghost]

Thanks, kev for giving this movie a positive bump.

I must confess, that I can't remember it at all. (Shame on me!)

That's surely a reason to watch it again.

[Moonee]

Oh, never heard of this one

1 thing I absolutely love: Little girls with guns

This is def going on my plan to watch list, thanks for the bump !

Oof, Ghost posted as i was typing my post

[kev]

...I must confess, that I can't remember it at all. (Shame on me!)...

I think once you start watching it, scenes will come back to you. I was enamored with Emma's character as it reminded of girls I've known when I was a child AND as an adult.

As an adult one such child I knew was a six year old girl living with her widowed father who was a disabled veteran. I went to visit one day and he had barricaded himself in their apartment with a shotgun at the window. I think he was pissed at neighbors who were justifiably concerned for his daughter's safety as he drank a bit and had a temper. Someone had notified DCS (Dept. of Children's Services) and an officer was coming to do a 'Safety Check'; THAT is why he had barricaded himself. (His daughter was at his mother's home.)

Unfortunately that stunt cost him his custody. She was taken away and I never saw the child again. I hope she was like Emma and was able to make a better life for herself..

...1 thing I absolutely love: Little girls with guns...

There's a couple of scenes that should whet your whistle! One that's pretty damn chilling...

kev.

[ghost]

How could I not remember this movie? (Maybe I just watch too many of them...)

I just watched it again today and now I remember why I have been so enthusiastic about it.
Still my recommendation. It's special.

Thanks again kev for bringing this film back to my mind.