Wo Dein Herz schlägt (2000)

Wo Dein Herz schlägt: Directed by Matt Williams. With Natalie Portman, Ashley Judd, Stockard Channing, Joan Cusack. A pregnant seventeen-year-old rebuilds her life after being abandoned by her boyfriend at a Walmart in Sequoyah, Oklahoma.

“Now donu0026#39;t get me wrong. Iu0026#39;m a guy who enjoys the occasional u0026quot;Chick flicku0026quot; and I saw this one voluntarily. I can usually get quite involved in movies, I even cry during some of my favorites on que… which is about the only time youu0026#39;ll catch me, btw. I really love anything that makes me care about some imaginary characters for an hour and a half.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eI rented this a week ago after hearing that it was good and that Natalie Portman did a great job (had to see that for myself), and that Ashley Judd did a great job… and blah blah blah… Iu0026#39;m never trusting those liars again!u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eI tried to watch it twice… emphasis on tried. The second time through it still couldnu0026#39;t hold my attention.. it was painful.. literally, my head hurt from the awfulness. The only character that brought humor and cleverness to the script was killed somehow during a tornado. At least thatu0026#39;s what I eventually figured out. I never did figure out who this story was about, or if anything that happened was supposed to mean something to the audience. I think maybe Iu0026#39;m supposed to learn that women do the stupidest things all the time… that some of them are bound to choose a mate based on sexuality and then wonder why theyu0026#39;re being abused and that a few lucky gems get wonderful men (at least theyu0026#39;re convinced of that) and then either kick the bucket or tell these men to get lost because theyu0026#39;re feeling unworthy. That was all that was to be learned by this movie… horrible insight at best. This movie doesnu0026#39;t do women (or anybody for that matter) justice.”