First off, the title of this movie sincerely annoys me. It seems as though the author of the book, Push, needed some serious validation. Watching this movie was like reading bad non-fiction. Oh wait, it isn't shocking enough? Well what about if we add incest, not just the dad, the mom too, and lets have her get pregnant, and give them all AIDS, oh and make this her second pregnancy, can the mom beat her? Yes! With a television and a cast iron pan. etc. etc. They throw in these fantasy Hollywood scenes for what? Escapism? Can't she just dream of having a nice home and good food and parents that love her? Oh wait, is that too much like Annie? This movie literally "pushed" too hard for my liking. Shock value has been in the bargain bin for a long time.
I stopped sympathizing and started analyzing pretty quickly into the film. They lost what makes a movie interesting - the human element. These characters weren't human. I believe Mo'nique's Oscar came from just that, her ability to lose any and all of her human characteristics. It was some cruel shit and a lot of it was just plain gross.
No, thanks.
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