Higher Ground 2011

     Inspired by the autobiography, This Dark World: A Memoir of Salvation Found and Lost by screenwriter Carolyn S. Briggs.  Corinne Walker is a young girl with a sister, her mother is going to have another baby.  Her parents get a divorce which is very upsetting to the sisters.  Corinne marries Ethan, becomes a member of a tight-knit small fundamentalist community and becomes a mother herself.  She wants to have the "perfect" life but how does that happen?  She's questioning and searching for her way.  She's particularly upset when her best friend develops a brain tumor, it's removed surgically but her friend is changed forever.
     I like Vera as an actress and I liked this film.  It's interesting to see Corinne and her sister growing up and their family.  Then her own family and her choices when she is an adult.  3 1/2* (I liked this movie)

109 min, Drama directed by Vera Farmiga with Norbert Leo Butz, John Hawkes, Joshua Leonard, Michael Chemus, Dagmara Domino, Taissa and Vera Farmiga, McKenzie Turner.

Note:  Blockbuster 3 1/2*, imdb 6.2 out of 10,81% critic 65% audience on Rotten Tomatoes.