Fly Away
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DVD Details
- Rated: Unrated
- Run Time: 1 hours, 20 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: April 26, 2011
- Originally Released: 2011
- Label: Docurama
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Beth Broderick, Ashley Rickards, JR Bourne, Greg Germann & Reno | |
Directed by | Janet Grillo | |
Narrated by | Janet Grillo | |
Screenwriting by | Janet Grillo | |
Composition by | Luke Rothschild & String Theory | |
Director of Photography: | Sandra Valde-Hansen |
Entertainment Reviews:
Rating: 2/5 --
A well-meant drama that never transcends its earnest aims, Janet Grillo's feature debut is notable mostly for an heroic turn from lead Beth Broderick.
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New York Daily News
Rating: 4/5 --
A defiantly unsentimental look at the complex codependency between a harried single mother and her severely autistic daughter.
New York Times
Rating: 2.5/4 --
Fly Away's overall success is hampered by its narrow focus and relatively uneventful storyline...
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Reel Film Reviews
Rating: 1/4 --
Suffers from a generic sterility we've come to associate with made-for-TV movies.
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Slant Magazine
The lead performances are solid, as are the supporting actors, and Grillo is more than competent as a director. But Fly Away could have been stronger if its antiseptic visual style... had been more adventurous.
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L.A. Weekly
Rating: 3/4 --
A gripping, life-enhancing low-budget little film about the physically and emotionally punishing struggles of a single mother raising an autistic child.
Observer
Rating: A- --
A stimulating sense of realism that helps to shape a raw, compassionate portrait of life lived with the disorder, finding pauses of behavior and response that shock and enlighten.
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BrianOrndorf.com
Product Description:
Emmy Award-winning AUTISM: THE MUSICAL director Janet Grillo revisits the subject of her breakthrough film with this sensitive drama about a single mother who must find the courage to enroll her autistic daughter in a therapeutic residential facility. From the moment Mandy was born, Jeanne (Beth Broderick) loved her unconditionally. But the older Mandy (Ashley Rickards) grew, the more challenging she became. These days, even a simple disturbance can set off an intense reaction in Mandy. Gone are the days when Mandy's eccentric behavior was somewhat endearing; self-control has become a major issue, making it quite possible that she could harm either herself or her parents during one of her frequent outbursts. In the wake of a chance encounter with her warmhearted neighbor Tom (Greg Germann), Jeanne starts to think about romance again. As pressures mount at home and at work, however, the stressed-out single mom begins to push Tom away. Later, it begins to dawn on Jeanne that clinging to Mandy may be doing both mother and daughter more harm than good. When the opportunity arises for Mandy to move to a facility where professionals will be available to care for her around the clock, Jeanne contends with the painful decision to finally admit that the best thing for both of them is to finally let go.
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- UPC: 767685243244
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