One Mom's Review - Freeedomland

Julianne Moore and Samuel L. Jackson star in this dark thriller.Moore's character claims that she has
been victim to a car jacking by a black man in the "projects" and that her four-year-old son was in the back of the car. Jackson's character is the defense counsel that leads up the investigation of the crime. The mystery unravels as the black community and police confront one another. The movie ties up the mystery and its loose ends predictably.

The whole family could have watched this film which is always one huge plus. No foul language, no nudity, no sex scenes. My fourteen year old son though played on his Xbox though so it was just the husband and I enjoying a night of Netflix. Which leads me to the problem with Netflix, lots of not so great movies that could never make it at theaters. Judging which ones will be nothing more that low rate B movies with filming, acting, and writing so bad that I could have financed defines a Netflix experience. The method to my madness can be found in the cast. If it is a name that I recognize, we watch it. Thus Freedomland.

As many movies are nowadays, it was dark and "foreboding". Is it director's choice, writer's script, or are companies too cheap to pay for lighting? Listen up movie makers, not all movies can be The Crow. It seems like ever since that movie came out the industry has leaned more and more towards darkness.

A great movie is one that I would watch on a Saturday afternoon on TNT for the fourth time, The A-Team, Transformers, and Harry Potter. This was not a great movie. One of those you keep watching hoping that it gets better and by the time you realized that it won't you're in too far to stop. A second reason I felt the movie was poorly done was the writing of big speeches that just don't make sense. By the time Jackson got to the end of his speech about God's will I wasn't sure if I had taken it correctly. Moore's rant in the interrogation room was just that a long windy rant. Both actors are better than their roles in this movie, I can only assume that the screen play read better than it filmes.