Dove Review

What a terrific movie and it is inspired by true events. Danielle Chuchran is terrific as Ashley Evans, a teen girl that moves with her mom to a new high school after being cyber bullied at her previous school. A girl she beat out for a drama part in the High School play made false statements online, reportedly from Ashley, and this resulted in great grief, one that Ashley is trying to recover from. Her mother, Julie Johnson (wonderfully played by Natasha Henstridge), is the drama teacher at the school and hopes that Ashley’s sorrows are over. Ashley helps turn a bully around named Nick (James Gaisford) who sees something special in Ashley. However, when two girls who knew Ashley from her old school show up at a party Ashley attends with Nick, it looks like her life is going to return to the false accusations and to sadness.

This movie makes a great point, that lies, false accusations and bullying causes much heartache and sadness. The ending is powerful and offers hope for all those who go through such false accusations or misunderstandings. The film is well acted, features a solid story, and will reel the viewer in. We are awarding our Dove “Family-Approved” Seal to this movie for ages twelve plus. Don’t miss seeing “Nowhere Safe!”

Dove Rating Details

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Faith

None

0

Integrity

As a prank students put a sword through a manikin's head; a girl remembers being shoved at a locker; kid walks by another kid and allows his book bag to hit the kid in the head; a rock is thrown through a glass living room window; girl has blood on her nose from being slapped and she is kicked and hit in ribs; a girl is purposely tripped; bruises seen on girl's face from being hit; a fight between girls and a girl's nose is bloodied.

2

Sex

Kissing by a few couples.

1

Language

H (as a place)-1; Butt-1; Sucks-1; Crap-3; Wuss-1; Slut-1; Hypocrite-1; a "ho" comment;

2

Violence

As a prank students put a sword through a manikin's head; a girl remembers being shoved at a locker; kid walks by another kid and allows his book bag to hit the kid in the head; a rock is thrown through a glass living room window; girl has blood on her nose from being slapped and she is kicked and hit in ribs; a girl is purposely tripped; bruises seen on girl's face from being hit; a fight between girls and a girl's nose is bloodied.

0

Drugs

None

1

Nudity

Swimwear on girls; shirtless young men.

2

Other

On girl's house door the words, "Liar, get out" have been written in red; "liar" is written on a girl's locker; a jeep comes close to hitting a girl in the parking lot; a kid is made fun of; a teacher mentions George Washington's comments about God and student wants to know why God is mentioned; the mention of a divorce.