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Better Late Then Never

A clunky actioner with a handful of cool moments.

This movie feels like it was made purely to piss off people who want good shows

This is the best movie since I ever seen which is positive and fantastic.The girl's father is a intemperant and her mother is a woman who doesn't care about her own daughter, so at first the girl went out to play and smoked everyday.She studied very careless and had no hope about her life . But after her parent died,everything changed. She began to leave her bad friends far away and studied hard. When she told her friends that she wants to go into college and the college is Harvard,almost everyone said ,"you are crazy!" She didn't care about the query ,she just kept studying hard. She is homeless but full of hope, she just has one dream that she wants to go into Harvard. She has no money to pay for the tuition and finally she got a special scholarship because of her hard working . Yes,finally she succeed and she changed her life by her own. After watching this movie, i think maybe everyone can change their life themselves,even no parents affording. There are too much things that we don't like or don't want ,but we can't choose by ourselves. Anyway you can make your life to be the shape like your imagination. It's a fantastic movie especially for teenagers in my opinion.Every time you face some difficulties you can not stand ,then you will think about this movie, to make you cheer up!

Sometimes TV movies out do themselves, this is one such.A truly inspiring true story, is almost unbelievable. I believe that the protagonist will go on to do great things, I am sure she will make a great mark in society and that we will hear from her again: perhaps the source of a sequel! To come from such a background to excelling so impressively is an inspiration, the sort of movie that could be used as a motivation tool.The production values and the acting - particularly that of Thora Birch - are very impressive.I would recommend this movie to all.

I like this movie. In general, my favorite movies are ones based on true stories, and this is a good story. Liz Murray is a good person born in a bad family. Her mother was always on drugs and booze, her father was an intellectual who detached himself. In an early scene, while mom and the two young daughters are fighting over whether the food money would actually go for food, or for drugs, the father Peter (Michael Riley in a good performance) is watching the TV show 'Jeopardy' and correctly answering all the questions, detaching himself from the argument. Near the end of the movie, when Liz tells her homeless dad, who now has AIDS, that she loves him, he responds, "Don't love me. It is a waste of energy. I'm not a people person." Thora Birch narrates and plays the teenage Liz Murray who, after her mom dies of AIDS, talks herself into a good school, and is encouraged by her teacher David (Robert Bockstael). She works hard, becomes the top student in her school, catches up to do 4 years of school work in two. She gets a NY Times scholarship to attend Harvard. As the ending notes state, she left Harvard in 2003, not yet with a degree, but supports herself with fees she receives from her appearances. So, even without a Harvard degree, hers is an inspirational story, and Thora Birch is remarkably good.The DVD included a 7-minute interview with the real Liz Murray. We only see her answers and comments, and get a good glimpse of this young woman. Of note, she doesn't believe her story is that extra ordinary, that many people set goals and accomplish what they want. Her humility is refreshing. She just wants a normal life.

What a waste. How such an incredible story could be allowed to be let down with such shoddy direction and terrible dialogue is completely beyond me. If Liz Murray is such a genius why on earth did she approve this script? A bit more development (and a new director) would have done justice to and made this piece more deserving of it's central theme.Thora Birch was good but the other performances were two dimensional at best - again I think as a result of the inexperienced direction. Kelly Lunch as her mother was overly dramatic and on the whole unconvincing.One plus is that the pace and momentum really works - the film ticks along nicely.