A teenaged boy, depressed & under the care of a therapist because his father committed suicide , enlists a fellow patient to drive him to discover why.
Song of the Sea (2014)
Based on Irish folklore, this is the story of a brother & his half-selkie sister who save the faerie world on a journey from Dublin back to their father at their lighthouse home.
Low Down (2014)
A jazz musician father’s addiction to heroin keeps him from being the loving father for his daughter that he wants to be, but she keeps loving him.
The Judge (2014)
A long estrangement between The Judge & his lawyer son who fled to escape his father is brought to a climax when the father is charged with murdering a man he hated & the son returns to defend him.
Boyhood (2014)
I’m urging you to see this film, which follows the same boy across 12 years from childhood to college. Click on the film title to read my entire review.
Wish I Was Here (2014)
In this comedy/drama a non-practicing Jewish husband/father, struggling to find a job as an actor, wrestles with financial problems, his father’s impending death, his faith, & relationships with his wife & 2 kids.
Signs (2002)
A widowed Episcopal priest who has lost his faith struggles to keep his family safe when mysterious signs appear, followed by aliens.
Grace Unplugged (2013)
In this faith-based film a father and daughter clash over their singing, the daughter wanting to launch into the secular musical world.
Freedom Song (2000)
A black Mississippi faher tries to revent his eager son from participating in SNCC-led Civil Rights freedom demonstrations in the early 1960s.