It appears a lot of the reviews here were written by those who knew the makers of the film, or saw it at a private screening. For the record, I watched it on my TV at home, streaming from Amazon. I almost turned it off soon after I started watching, too.
Victoria was totally obnoxious. In addition, she had a full-face tattoo that was highly distracting. Oddly, no one seemed to think it was odd, either, or made comments about it. (Well it did bring out the blue in her eyes.) It was the tribe type of tattoo, which was ironic, since Victoria lost her "tribe" as a young teenager.
Even odder, she not only gets in the door to interview for a job as a caregiver for a wealthy woman in Palm Beach; where she acts totally obnoxious during the whole interview; but gets the job. Only in the movies! I stuck with the film, however, because I liked Victoria's probation officer Sara, and liked Althea, the wealthy woman who hired her.
Moreover, the film starts off showing a young teenager on a farm, obviously having a happy childhood with her parents and younger brother. Was that Victoria? How did such a child end up a runaway and a hooker?
It is eventually revealed why her life took such a bad turn, and it was a typical reason why innocent girls run away and make very bad decisions. Only, in Victoria's case, a tragic incident happened even earlier, which made her whole life start spinning. Would kind-hearted Althea change Victoria and help her to become less bitter and less obnoxious?
Althea has some painful secrets of her own, but Althea has rock-hard faith in God. This is not a "preachy" film, however. It's a film about not giving up on someone, regardless of how hard she tries to make others give up on her.
P. S. At the end of the movie, the viewer sees why Victoria's full-face tattoo was a nonissue with everyone who encountered her. Not worth the distraction, in my opinion.
Victoria was totally obnoxious. In addition, she had a full-face tattoo that was highly distracting. Oddly, no one seemed to think it was odd, either, or made comments about it. (Well it did bring out the blue in her eyes.) It was the tribe type of tattoo, which was ironic, since Victoria lost her "tribe" as a young teenager.
Even odder, she not only gets in the door to interview for a job as a caregiver for a wealthy woman in Palm Beach; where she acts totally obnoxious during the whole interview; but gets the job. Only in the movies! I stuck with the film, however, because I liked Victoria's probation officer Sara, and liked Althea, the wealthy woman who hired her.
Moreover, the film starts off showing a young teenager on a farm, obviously having a happy childhood with her parents and younger brother. Was that Victoria? How did such a child end up a runaway and a hooker?
It is eventually revealed why her life took such a bad turn, and it was a typical reason why innocent girls run away and make very bad decisions. Only, in Victoria's case, a tragic incident happened even earlier, which made her whole life start spinning. Would kind-hearted Althea change Victoria and help her to become less bitter and less obnoxious?
Althea has some painful secrets of her own, but Althea has rock-hard faith in God. This is not a "preachy" film, however. It's a film about not giving up on someone, regardless of how hard she tries to make others give up on her.
P. S. At the end of the movie, the viewer sees why Victoria's full-face tattoo was a nonissue with everyone who encountered her. Not worth the distraction, in my opinion.