Friday, November 22, 2013

Molly 1999


Molly     Molly McKay has been autistic since early childhood.  She has been in an institution from the time her parents passed away until she is 28 years old.  The place where she has been living is closing and she is released into the custody of her brother.  She has only seen Buck once a year on Christmas when he would come by to give her a gift.  Buck has a lot of problems of his own and taking care of Molly is difficult.  He loves her but in many ways she’s a stranger.  Molly has experimental surgery to implant cells in the portions of her brain that show less development.
     Molly starts to come out of her autism and develop fully as a person.  Buck finally becomes the brother he wanted to be.  Very close to being a Hallmark movie but released by MGM.   The character development is good so you become involved with the people and want this to work for them.  3 ½* (I liked this movie)  

87 min, Drama directed by John Duigan with Elisabeth Shue, Aaron Eckhart, D.W. Moffett, Jill Hennessy, Thomas Jane, Dick Christie.

Note:  Blockbuster 2 ½*, imdb 5.6 out of 10, 14% critic 55% audience on Rotten Tomatoes.  

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