Good story, Not enough for a whole film

Excellent adaptation.

A lot of fun.

This is a dark and sometimes deeply uncomfortable drama

I am definetely going to read the book. I am shocked at the low rating...i have not been so deeply inspired and drawn into a movie lately...the movie has so much real emotion...the actors were fantastic.wow! The message is powerful, the setting and acting is a raw and pure...inspirational and well done.

Seriously?It took me 3 different attempts to watch this film. Not only was it superficial from the beginning, but good lord it was terrible to watch. Just seriously don't even bother.

My wife and I watched this at home on DVD from our public library. This is based on real people and their stories. Dallas and Ft Worth area fine art dealer is Greg Kinnear as Ron Hall. He is somewhat happily married to Renée Zellweger as Debbie Hall. We find out somewhat early in this movie that he has been stepping out on her and he attributes that to their very cooled off relationship, having been married 19 years and now with two teenagers.Debbie is persistent, she calls the woman and tells her she probably won't be seeing Ron anymore, she still loves him and is determined to get their relationship back to where it was.She takes what at first seems to be a strange approach, she brings him to a rough part of town where many homeless hang out. She and he will help serve food to the homeless, something she has been doing unknown to him. Her strategy is, if her husband can reconnect with what is important in life, instead of business meeting after business meeting, they can get their spark back.In the process they meet Djimon Hounsou as Denver, one of the homeless and also very angry. When he comes in with a baseball bat and starts smashing things. But Debbie is unafraid, she recognizes the man needs friendship. In the process we find out Denver's rough early life in Louisiana, and seven years at Angola for robber as a teenager, he grew up pretty much detesting white folks. But he gains redemption as well as Ron.In a smaller but important role Jon Voight is really good as Earl, who is Ron's father but there is lots of friction. At the end of the movie during the credits we see photos of the actual Hall family as well as Denver.

Very refreshing and heart warming movie suitable for the whole family. When everything is said and done what matters most is how we relate to and treat other human beings. Amongst all the trivial shallow movies being mass produced today there has been a wonderful surge of movies with soul and spirit.