Alike is 17 years old, she's a sweet and soft spoken girl who tries to follow the wishes of her mother. There is another side of her that her parents don't know, she likes girls and not guys. She changes her clothes after she leaves her house for school and she doesn't like the clothes her mother buys for her to wear. Her mother presses her father to talk to her but he keeps putting it off. Alike is having the same struggles in young love relationships as anyone her age and she comes home in tears. She gets into a fight with her mother and leaves their home.
Alike's mother and another mother in the same position do not want to accept the people that their daughters are. There are a lot of stresses in Alike's house, her father probably has a girlfriend, her sister is not having the same problems. This is powerful. 3 1/2* (I liked this movie)
87 min, Drama directed by Dee Rees with Adepero Oduye, Pernell Walker, Aasha Davis, Charles Parnell, Sahra Mellesse, Kim Wayans.
Note: Blockbuster 3 1/2*, imdb 6.9 out of 10, 96% critic 81% audience on Rotten Tomatoes.
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