Laura King

This is the kind of re-telling that will get kids hooked on Emily Dickinson Poetry. She was my go-to as a young adult, but I was “the weirdo” who read Emily Dickinson. Wow, this show makes it cool. Love love love it!

I give this movie a definite thumbs up. Daniel Radcliffe and Toni Collette were both spot on with these characters. I especially loved how Radcliffe’s character demonstrated empathy for the perpetrators; it humanized them, which left you thinking about how these aren’t simply evil people. They are husbands, sons, brothers, students - they are people that somehow developed skewed ideas that lead to hate. The ending was also really good, leaving the viewer with a sense fo redemption. While the polarized sides are present - there is some sense of hope. I’d give the movie 4 stars.