It is a performances centric movie

good back-story, and good acting

I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

How many times can William Hurt play the depressed ineffectual guy? I loved him in Body Heat and Eyewitness, but these depressed roles are getting old. I don't think he was the right guy for this role. I wasn't buying him as white trash, but I think he did a decent job regardless.I am not a big fan of non-Southern actors trying to fake an accent. Kristen Stewart is supposed to be a local and Hurt is supposed to be from somewhere maybe a bit north of Louisianna, but still in that region I believe. Stewart had to fake and Hurt just put on a very slight accent.These people are losers and outsiders, but that's not necessarily a bad thing. The best thing about this movie was the actor playing the boy. I am also not a fan of Brits playing Americans, but he did it well. The fact that I've never seen him made it real for me. I kept picturing the other two in their more famous roles.Maybe it's better to have unknowns in small movies.The reason I stuck with this long,boring film is because I am fascinated by the steaming green foliage and atmosphere of Louisianna. The photography was terrific.I didn't really care about any of these people and there was very little character development/background for the Stewart character, but there is one part where she explains that she embarked on this journey because she wanted to feel cared about.The boy character was an original. I really liked him. He reminded me of the Crispin Glover type from the 80's. He was complex and sensitive and real.Maria Bello is a sexy mature woman. She is actually 17 years younger than Willaim Hurt, but I guess that happens in real life, when both people are past 40. Maybe it would have been more realistic to have this paunchy, pasty bald 58-year-old guy be involved with someone closer to his age. What did the Bello and Stewart characters see in him? Maybe they wanted to take care of him. He had that puppy dog helplessness behind his tough facade.If you don't like character studies and Americana road trips, stay away from this sleeper. But if you have the patience to feel what quirky characters feel, and you appreciate the subtle nuances of the American landscape, give it a chance.

I believe that the movie was well directed, well acted, and an enjoyable treat. Eddie Redmayne's character is not your stereotypical teenage boy, but complicated and misunderstood instead. The actor is enjoyable to watch and even portrays the character with every slight movement of his body. William Hurt is amazing as well. It seems that he is just another man on the road with two kids, but he later unravels to be someone else, a husband and ex-prisoner. The actor contains is almost like your flower. It starts out as a plain seed and it blooms or something extraordinary. Although Maria Bello is not present for most of the film, she is able to make her character a symbol, an object that is bigger. My only complaints are the use of flashbacks and Kristen Stewart's performance. The flashbacks were amazing, but they were sort of confusing by the way they are used. Stewart's character, Martine, brought light and innocence, but the character instead was left dull. However, she is able to make most of the darker moments. Nonetheless, it is a must see and an amazing film to watch.

THE YELLOW HANDKERCHIEF is a very quiet, small film that depends on dialogue rather than action. It began as a short story by Pete Hamill and was adapted for the screen by Erin Dignam. As directed with quiet intensity by Indian director Udayan Prasad the film is more an exploration of isolated individuals who for different reasons do not fit into society and how four of those individuals discover themselves through their interaction with each other. Brett Hanson (William Hurt) is discharged form prison where he has served six years for manslaughter: he has a history of run-ins with the law and seems to face his release with a certain degree of fear of the outside world. He meets two youngsters - the lonely Martine (Kristen Stewart) who has only a father and an absent one at that, and Gordy (Eddie Redmayne), a Native American asocial misfit itinerant - and because of a sever rain storm the three set out in Gordy's car to find shelter. They stay in motels and gradually each characters past unfolds: the running development is Brett's history of coming close to a significant relationship with a fearful woman named May (Maria Bello) whose fear of relationships was temporarily resolved with her romance with Brett - all of this history is played through flashback scenes when Brett was working oil rigs in New Orleans. Martine and Gordy are fascinated and a bit fearful of Brett as an ex-con but they both connect with Brett's essentially good spirit and insist that he stay with them and allow the bonding youngsters t help him recover the one love he had. Two generations of lost people collide then bond and learn from each other. There is considerable emotional energy in this somewhat laconic film with as much being discovered by silences as with dialogue. William Hurt offers a profoundly understated performance: Stewart and Redmayne provide the perfect naïve foil for his reconnection with the world outside prison walls - both the physical prison he has just left and the mental prison in which he has been hiding all his life. Maria Bello is convincing as the strong woman who fears vulnerability while desperately in need of being loved. This is a film that may not have made it in theaters but is probably best viewed in the intimacy of the home via DVD. Grady Harp

This is a movie worth spending your time watching it. If you're a fan of Kristen like I am, then you must see it cause she did pretty well. KS is famous for Twilight movies, but she is far more talented than just acting a vampire's girlfriend. She showed her aptitude in movies like The Runaways, Speak, Adventureland, and this one. I think she will win a Oscar one day.The story is simple, touching; scenes are beautiful. You'd better watch it in a sunny afternoon. It's just like having a cup of tea or coffee with your old friends, talking, laughing, thinking. Nice movie.