Well, it means, you and your family are all losers and dumber than dirt, unfortunately.
The film's central character is Rena Grubb (Jena Malone), a young teenage girl. I don't know Rena's exact age, maybe 13 or 14. She lives in a trailer park with her mother, older brother Jay, and older half-sister, Barbie. Rena's father, John, is in prison serving two life sentences.
Rena is not happy. She makes several suicide attempts. Nor does she have much reason to be happy all things considered.
She's being used by the popular boy in school, who doesn't even want to be seen in public with her, and then she gets pregnant by him. Her own mother's first pregnancy was at 15 - and the fruit doesn't fall far from the tree, evidently.
One thing Rena is hanging onto is thoughts of her Daddy. He got sent away when she was very young, so she has only scant memories of him. She feels Daddy not being there is why things are going so badly for her and the family.
Rena finally badgers her mother into all of them attending the picnic at the prison and seeing John.
A whole lot of truths are revealed during that family picnic at the prison.
To say much more would give too much away so I'll stop at this point, and say only that the film was excellent. It is a dark comedy at times, poignant at other times and held my interest completely.
All the performers gave 100% to their roles.
10 stars.
The film's central character is Rena Grubb (Jena Malone), a young teenage girl. I don't know Rena's exact age, maybe 13 or 14. She lives in a trailer park with her mother, older brother Jay, and older half-sister, Barbie. Rena's father, John, is in prison serving two life sentences.
Rena is not happy. She makes several suicide attempts. Nor does she have much reason to be happy all things considered.
She's being used by the popular boy in school, who doesn't even want to be seen in public with her, and then she gets pregnant by him. Her own mother's first pregnancy was at 15 - and the fruit doesn't fall far from the tree, evidently.
One thing Rena is hanging onto is thoughts of her Daddy. He got sent away when she was very young, so she has only scant memories of him. She feels Daddy not being there is why things are going so badly for her and the family.
Rena finally badgers her mother into all of them attending the picnic at the prison and seeing John.
A whole lot of truths are revealed during that family picnic at the prison.
To say much more would give too much away so I'll stop at this point, and say only that the film was excellent. It is a dark comedy at times, poignant at other times and held my interest completely.
All the performers gave 100% to their roles.
10 stars.