This film is well made. It is a Disney-like story about an American family torn apart by the second world war. And the film also shows the position the Japanese Americans were in during WWII.
Yet it is rather melodramatic, it contains all the necessary elements, like - you can achieve anything if you have Faith, crying boys, the daddy-daddy scene, and all is well that ends well. Unfortunately the title is not a surprise, and it is only waiting for that card to be played. I liked the film during watching, there is not a moment of slackening, however in retrospect the film did only have a few surprises, so it doesn't grip you like it should.
All in all, good, but only barely.
Yet it is rather melodramatic, it contains all the necessary elements, like - you can achieve anything if you have Faith, crying boys, the daddy-daddy scene, and all is well that ends well. Unfortunately the title is not a surprise, and it is only waiting for that card to be played. I liked the film during watching, there is not a moment of slackening, however in retrospect the film did only have a few surprises, so it doesn't grip you like it should.
All in all, good, but only barely.