This movie came out the year my parents separated. I was 12 and had no idea that this was my life minus the physical abuse. My mother resented my father and took it out on me. My older sister was 15 and very docile but I experienced the brunt of verbal abuse for years until I left my mom's house at 22 while in my last year of college. I left my hometown when I graduated and it took me leaving and coming back for my mom to get it together. I was just like Bird always exploring just to take my mind off from what was happening and got in trouble. I thank God for the people he placed in my life to support me during that time. At 34, I'm so glad I overcame that time in my life and left a toxic environment. This is another movie I added to my collection along with Women of Brewster's Place, The Color Purple, Black Girl, and other movies I've seen with this same narrative.
Black Girl is one of my all time favs, Oprah is legend, and I'm glad you overcame your obstacles. My mother didn't know how to love. We had our Phoebe moment when I was 16 and I never saw her the same way after that. One good thing that came from it was that I never, ever hit my kids and I credit that to her.
@@elizabethbennet4791If the boy was living there, maybe she could've done the same but I guess the boy would beat her back just like the elder sister did
I think the saddest part is when the girls finally tell their brother what’s going on and he drives away and abandons them.. those poor girls were failed by everyone who claimed to love them 😢😢
The brother pissed me off. Glory Marie was right when he said she told him not to come when his father died, he should have just went to grieve with them. He literally came around when it was convenient for him. He came back for Christmas to get free food and knew good and well those girls were in trouble the personalities of the two kind of diminished a bit since he last saw them. Also I wondered what happened for him to leave In the first place I wish they gave details on that. The father wasn't a good one, he abused the girls mother and pulled a gun on her with Bird sitting right there and knocked her out while the girls were In the bedroom Glory was right to tell him he was nothing but loser. Instead of him working he was hung up on his missed chance to be a singer a talent didn't even possess. Choked out Glory with Bird watching everything, then takes his life like a coward rather than face the fact that he needed to let Glory go she was miserable with him and he seemed to care about himself more than his family. He really did destroy his family and himself. They were broke, left the only home they knew, Glory Maria became abusive, a drunk and lost her way. Phoebe and Bird were getting the helll beat out of them and they had to move into the only place they could reay afford. The mom and dad NEVER should have procreated.
Other children are not responsible for their siblings. That’s a huge burden to put on someone. And guilt by creating the stigma. Jesus can help them find love and good people and friends who are like family.
This was one of my favorite movies my daddy was in this movie even though he was just a set in the cafe eating french fries and drinking coffee. I watch this just so I can see him it brings tears to my eyes I lost my daddy 2 months ago on the 20th the day before Father's Day. My heart breaks I cry all the time because it's so hard to try and deal with the loss of my dad but watching this movie gave me a chance to see him one more time I would give anything to have this CD just so I can watch it whenever I want. 💔😭
This movie speaks to my heart in so many ways. I'm so very grateful that support and resources were available when I was raising my children. With that support, I was able to break the chain of abuse. It stopped with me. Thank you for uploading this powerful movie. I've watched it numerous times. Everyone should see it.
My husband took his life we were married with older son and two girls like this movie I was so depressed I wanted to end my life I stood in my room broken my kids suffer seeing me this way it was horrible my son was 12 started rebelling I pray to God ask him to heal me cus I wasn't gonna make it I push my kids away too but one day I woke up sat up in my bed I felt this heavy 🪨 burden fall off my back I was pleading with Jesus to help me after that day the depression left me I had hope again I started to live again my son struggled he's 21 now he in teen challenge river side getting healing overcome the trauma I was afraid he would turn out like his dad saw the alcohol taking hold wen my husband took his life he was intoxicated over the limit my son doing better I'm still praying God's hand on my son my girls are better I got remarried to a man of God wants the best for our family 🙏 thank u Jesus for helping me getting threw the dark pit I was in I wish that on none
As hard as this movie was for me to watch, I have to say it was a great movie. I am a adult child of a alcoholic. I suffered beatings and abuse from a alcoholic father. He beat my mother, me and my brothers and sisters. We all prayed daddy would get help but sadly he never got it. Death got to him before he could get help. I can remember him at the foot of his and mama's bed praying and asking god to help him stop. His last words were asking God to strike him dead if he took another drop of alcohol. He stopped drinking for a few weeks,but sadly he started back. A few days after starting back drinking, he was killed. He ran under a 18 wheeler at 1:00 a.m. drunk. I feel so bad for any child that suffers due to an alcoholic parent. I pray for them. When all was said and done in my life, God kept me,my mama and my siblings safe.
@@liz3424 I am so sorry you still have nightmares from it. I don't know you but I can tell your strong a lot stronger than you think. Keep going, keep healing. You can move move past it and I believe you will. Don't let your past bring you down rise above it. YOU CAN help others. Your strong. GOD BLESS YOU darling
Such a profound movie.. Abuse is something you never forget & how it made you feel towards the people you thought loved you.. no one deserves that treatment 😢 you can forgive but never forget 😢
Once I seen Bird I recognized her from the movie “Corina,Corina” with Whoppi Goldberg & automatically knew this was going to be a good movie. The sadness made me shed a few tears, I was so disgusted with the mother how can a person grieve a man’s death that just knocked your teeth out & blacked your eye? The mom was so selfish & bitter towards her daughters, I’m so glad Ms.Zora came to the rescue.
Well she was leaving but she loved him, hard to believe. It was grief that turned her into a monster, but in my view she should never had had kids. She only cared about him.
Glory Marie was selfish and cared more about her loser abusive delusional husband. When she was rushing the girls in the cop car Bird hit her head pretty hard and Glory brushed it off, then got herself pretty and fixed up to take him lunch while he was in jail and told Bird if her head hurts just put ice on it. You'd think SHE would have put the ice and tend to her first not rushing to get that loser some food. She ignored when Bird was trying to ask her something before getting up to dance looking stupid. Phoebe was OVER it from jump she had been witnessing that dysfunction for most of her life, Bird hadn't as much. She knew their routine which is why she looked disgusted when she got up as they were dancing and she just laid down looking annoyed it was a wash rinse repeat with those two. That's why Hank took off I think they or his dad mostly ragged as phoebe mentioned on his decision to attend college, the dad was probably jealous because he had yet to accomplish anything except getting free drinks in a bar for his "singing".
man I really resented the way those people always left. the mom scared them away but they never stayed to protect me- EVERY time it happened, i stared and begged, then hated them, and never forgot how they abandoned me.
God bless 🙏 their neighbor!!!! She said she wasn't going to leave until the girl's were safe!!! She was good to them!!! They moved in with her until their mother got help!!!
I was 13 too when I first read it! I thought I was the weirdest kid for being that age reading it in school ,thank you for your great post ,now , I don't feel alone 🙂🤗🙏🏻
Sadly some of my boyfriends were too. When my emotions weren't given the right recognition I'd drink or make attempts to drink or do something different.
I’m watching this now adult daughter at different locations we check in every 20 minutes to see how each other are going through the sadness of this movie I want to say to my you do have wings and will fligh higher than any bird as you have big strong wings and I believe in you and the journey you have ahead. 🎉twins forever woman.
Love all the background evergreen oldies of Johnny Cash, the Platters,Skeeter Davis and Bobby Vinton. Good movie.I feel Oprah's loneliness and living in isolation.
I remember watching this movie with my mom as a young child. It was the most tense movie watch I've ever had with someone since it so closely paralleled our relationship. There was no physical abuse but the verbal/psychological abuse was just as bad as this.
I lived in the ranch where the beginning of the movie was filmed. Our barn was their "store". We met the crew and "Bird". It was an amazing experience for sure!
The most evil, evil people in the world are unloving mothers towards their own children, and they know exactly what they are doing. I feel so sorry for those little children. SOS,so scary🤯
"You can get outta this trailer and don't ever come back". Well you got your wish Gloria Marie. Now both of your daughters are leaving the trailer and never coming back.
@@janellirving4625 I'm not sure, I wanna say he was in school or something. I also remember him saying something along the lines of "you know I can't stay here, we know what'll happen" and I'm not sure what they were alluding to there 🤔
People like that don't know how to fix their problems, generally, until someone else steps in. Alcohol usually makes their behavior far worse, too. Haven't you ever heard adults say, "My (insert mother or father) beat me, yelled at me.....and I'll raise my kids the same way" or "spare the rod, spoil the child" ? I had a mother that one minute would smack me with a wooden spoon, yelling all kinds of stuff at me. The next hour or so she'd say I was the best, most patient daughter a mother could want. She apologized once when I was 12. She continued until I was 17 and had enough of it.
@@jenniferwilcox9759 That's arguable. Spare the rod, Spoil the child, doesn't mean you beat the child. Beaten is abuse. I taught myself mature lessons in that area. It can be traumatic. Why do think a child runs? This doesn't always mean he or she is running from danger...as people usually think but children run because the abuse affects how safe one is or isn't. Children run because their independence is too low or not given recognition to.
@@jenniferwilcox9759 yes I have heard the words you're speaking of ...my step dad used to beat me,my brother, and sister...and my mother .......I'm sorry for what you went through with your REAL mother...that's the worst....
Sorry, but i have no empati for this horrible mother , poor children, it breake my heart to ser this movie , but å very good thing that the Nice lady tokk good care of them. Very sensitiv movie.
Pheobe's crying let me know that she knew the mother was going to kill herself too. My conclusion is the mother killed herself and zora raised two beautiful successful strong women. The brother graduated probably enlisted. Came home on breaks to Zora's house and helped Zora with the girls. He later went on to have kids. Upon obtaining a successful career. zora became known as grams.
I'd like to think the mom got help and got better, but that the girls stayed living with the neighbor and probably called her a mother like figure in their lives. The mom was probably a better mom from a distance and was still allowed to be active in their lives, and I'd like to think that they forgave their mom, but the scars were still there and they never could fully trust their mom. When they had children they let their neighbor watch their children. They had to report their mom after bird almost got killed by her. The neighbor probably adopted them, but allowed contact with their mom when they were emotionally ready and healed. Mom finally went on with her life, still loving her daughter's and son, remarried a good man who was not toxic like their dad, and all of them lived a better life. Mom no longer became abusive, because she was healing from her past finally, and the girls grew up, got married, had children and never raised a hand towards them
I'm a Zora and suffer everyday because of it. Don't regret taking my sister away from her abusive lunatic mom tho. Seeing someone feel free to be happy and heal is an amazing experience. Just can't get this dumb bitch to leave me alone despite locking her ass up. Smh...lunatic
She was just as bad as him... they were a toxic relationship with the poor girls in the middle... It's nothing new many kids have to live in a family like this..
maria parker but we can decide to do differently....i have, but it was not easy...working through the past never is, but its worth it. I agree mom was just as toxic as dad....
Kelly Buck my mother could not seem to be able to just say “I love you.” With her it was, “I love you BUT you just make me so angry!” Or whatever....i swore I would be different. The day I found out I was pregnant I went into therapy. I did not marry an abuser, and that along with being determined to do and be different what a blessed life I have.
The most frightening scene in this film is when Bird says her mother is gonna beat her and she is gonna beat her bad just like did her sister. And the brother just walks away. Everyone thinks it is an over exaggeration. He thinks the mum is going to give her spanking and that's it. The brother has no idea what his mother has become since the death of the dad.
I know, abuse is one of the hardest thing to deal with. I mean the guy was a bad husband but a good father. He left a scar on them when he killed himself. The mom became just like him. Pheobe tried to move on and Bird still loved him and was still confused on her love.
DONT BE FOOLED. These type of women knew exactly what they are doing. Yes she lost a husband ( abusive he was), and may be a factor, BUT they way she lookec at her daughter turning into a beautiful women, means her rage was OUT OF jealousy - and then she hit her. Dont make excuses - women are often the statistics doing the most abuse. She also did not want the responsibility.
Wow this movie is so touching & gut-wrenching!!! Sad reality is that so many children are living this every single day. As a Sexual Abuse/ Physical abuse survivor I can relate all too well. After being molested at 10 then physically abused by my Dad starting at age 14 an lasting for years it took me a while to forgive cuz I was hurt & didn’t even love myself. But since then I’ve learned that forgiveness is powerful an also we can’t heal what we won’t reveal.
@Lyric Smith thank you..the best thing is my little brother are still as close as we were when we were growing up. There was a lot of abuse. .my mother was the raging alcoholic..We ended up going into foster care,my mother gave up her rights, left us at children protective services. I just don't get it..I would never abandon my children,they are my reasons for living, they are my heart. No I wasnt a perfect mother not by any means and I made a lot of mistakes but they were never sexually abused, I would have killed the sob. I didnt abuse or neglect my children and I raised them the best I knew how. And the most important thing is that they KNOW that I love them
@1:26:57 my heart really ached for the reason that Gloria all calm and naturally waved at the girls saying 'bye I love you', then all of a sudden the dark memories of regret swooped back in her mind as she cried 'I'm so sorry'. Her remorse reaction though 😢
I loved this movie since the 1st time I watched it, it is just beautiful to me simply perfect bird I loved her shes so pure and miss zora too, I love the movie even more because of Julia shes one of my fav girls ♥️♥️♥️
@55:36 I knew that slap in the face was coming back for the mother. I am for taking control of my children and make them behave accordingly but I dont go for all the hitting and slapping in the face. I have a daughter and a son and they can both tell you, I never slapped or hit them. I tried other forms of teaching them their lessons. Hitting them isn't going to help them understand what they done wrong. There are plenty other ways to teach a child, but hitting and beating them isn't one of them!
I never understood how children can still love and long for a parent that abuses them? Just heartbreaking, I can see how the mother became an abusive alcoholic as well.
What everyone misses is the fact that both parents were alcoholics. The issue that needed to be dealt with was their alcoholism. AA was around at that time and very active.
Thanks for sharing the movie Sad as the story is it was a good movie and unfortunately this type of cruelty does happen in our beautiful world Alcohol and anger never a good combination The child Byrd was just sooo lovely and played her part in the movie with great ability. Have safe and loving days people Blessings
@@raea3588 Yes, I remember now. Yes, it was a very graphic movie. I almost couldn't watch it. I get angry at women who subject their children to such as this. Some women are so desperate, they put their own children in harm's way. I had no pity for the mother or the family as far as that goes. I mean, that poor child didn't have a chance. What I wonder: how movies makers got by with that scene, anyway? I mean putting this child in that kind of scene. Even if she was old enough to understand, NO child is old enough for that kind of scene.
I know that in some movies where scenes have graphic material too young for children they will have an acting double who is 18+ but looks young. I still don't know if it's wise for the underage actor to take part in the movie.
When u cant imagine the future and the past is too awful to talk about...words stick in ur throat.😭..😭.😭omg...its too sad and unfortunately too true for too many children...those girls deserved loving parents...generational patterning...i like to think the girls broke the pattern tho and went into recovery...they wrote the book...❤...im glad the mother let them go so they could grow without that toxicity nurtured by a decent mature adult....in Zora...❤Oprah...
I DON'T THINK GLORY MARIE IS A MONSTER EITHER! SHE'S GOT A LOT OF DEMONS AND ANGER ISSUES SWARMING AROUND HER! I KNOW SHE LOVES HER DAUGHTERS VERY MUCH. I FEEL SORRY FOR ALL FUR OF THEM. ZORA INCLUDED!
I know all too well what it's like to remind someone of a husband or a life they want to leave behind. Looking like a father that was never there for you. And the fact that I had his blood run through my veins. Knowing that. That may be the reason why your mother looks at you different then she does your brother. Wishing you could change your looks. Hoping that if you look like someone else that you might have love from your mom. This was a very hard movie to watch.😢😢 As for your trolls out there I know I have made some typing mistakes don't come at me. If you don't like my message go tell your mom.
I sure wished there would have been more details to this story some kind of a sequel to let the viewers know how it all end did they see their mother again was it a better life with Mrs zora what happened to the brother and the mother and the story between Mrs zora and her own daughter
This is a difficult movie for me to watch. The mother was selfish and all she knew how to do was to drink and get angry at her daughters at everything they did. She made them feel guilty for even wanting something for Christmas of all holidays. Thank the lord I had a mother who was a loving mother and not like this woman at all.
This movie got me out of my domestic abusive relationship with my ex boyfriend so thank you Oprah and Julia Tina and Ellen ❤
This movie came out the year my parents separated. I was 12 and had no idea that this was my life minus the physical abuse. My mother resented my father and took it out on me. My older sister was 15 and very docile but I experienced the brunt of verbal abuse for years until I left my mom's house at 22 while in my last year of college. I left my hometown when I graduated and it took me leaving and coming back for my mom to get it together. I was just like Bird always exploring just to take my mind off from what was happening and got in trouble. I thank God for the people he placed in my life to support me during that time. At 34, I'm so glad I overcame that time in my life and left a toxic environment. This is another movie I added to my collection along with Women of Brewster's Place, The Color Purple, Black Girl, and other movies I've seen with this same narrative.
Black Girl is one of my all time favs, Oprah is legend, and I'm glad you overcame your obstacles.
My mother didn't know how to love. We had our Phoebe moment when I was 16 and I never saw her the same way after that. One good thing that came from it was that I never, ever hit my kids and I credit that to her.
he way she beats those girls and not the boy, man oh man!!!
What a positive thought you have given. I will always treasure your words. Thank you.
@@elizabethbennet4791If the boy was living there, maybe she could've done the same but I guess the boy would beat her back just like the elder sister did
I think the saddest part is when the girls finally tell their brother what’s going on and he drives away and abandons them.. those poor girls were failed by everyone who claimed to love them 😢😢
The brother pissed me off. Glory Marie was right when he said she told him not to come when his father died, he should have just went to grieve with them. He literally came around when it was convenient for him. He came back for Christmas to get free food and knew good and well those girls were in trouble the personalities of the two kind of diminished a bit since he last saw them. Also I wondered what happened for him to leave In the first place I wish they gave details on that.
The father wasn't a good one, he abused the girls mother and pulled a gun on her with Bird sitting right there and knocked her out while the girls were In the bedroom Glory was right to tell him he was nothing but loser. Instead of him working he was hung up on his missed chance to be a singer a talent didn't even possess. Choked out Glory with Bird watching everything, then takes his life like a coward rather than face the fact that he needed to let Glory go she was miserable with him and he seemed to care about himself more than his family.
He really did destroy his family and himself. They were broke, left the only home they knew, Glory Maria became abusive, a drunk and lost her way. Phoebe and Bird were getting the helll beat out of them and they had to move into the only place they could reay afford.
The mom and dad NEVER should have procreated.
I agree. She beat those girls. She loved that bottle more than those girls.
Other children are not responsible for their siblings. That’s a huge burden to put on someone. And guilt by creating the stigma. Jesus can help them find love and good people and friends who are like family.
Absolutely
@@Littlebeetlebug they should want to protect their siblings though.
This was one of my favorite movies my daddy was in this movie even though he was just a set in the cafe eating french fries and drinking coffee. I watch this just so I can see him it brings tears to my eyes I lost my daddy 2 months ago on the 20th the day before Father's Day. My heart breaks I cry all the time because it's so hard to try and deal with the loss of my dad but watching this movie gave me a chance to see him one more time I would give anything to have this CD just so I can watch it whenever I want. 💔😭
So sorry for your loss x
Thank you
Sorry for your loss!🙏
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Wow 😮that’s so cool that he was in this movie. I’m sorry for your loss 😢
This movie speaks to my heart in so many ways. I'm so very grateful that support and resources were available when I was raising my children. With that support, I was able to break the chain of abuse. It stopped with me. Thank you for uploading this powerful movie. I've watched it numerous times. Everyone should see it.
My husband took his life we were married with older son and two girls like this movie I was so depressed I wanted to end my life I stood in my room broken my kids suffer seeing me this way it was horrible my son was 12 started rebelling I pray to God ask him to heal me cus I wasn't gonna make it I push my kids away too but one day I woke up sat up in my bed I felt this heavy 🪨 burden fall off my back I was pleading with Jesus to help me after that day the depression left me I had hope again I started to live again my son struggled he's 21 now he in teen challenge river side getting healing overcome the trauma I was afraid he would turn out like his dad saw the alcohol taking hold wen my husband took his life he was intoxicated over the limit my son doing better I'm still praying God's hand on my son my girls are better I got remarried to a man of God wants the best for our family 🙏 thank u Jesus for helping me getting threw the dark pit I was in I wish that on none
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As hard as this movie was for me to watch, I have to say it was a great movie. I am a adult child of a alcoholic. I suffered beatings and abuse from a alcoholic father. He beat my mother, me and my brothers and sisters. We all prayed daddy would get help but sadly he never got it. Death got to him before he could get help. I can remember him at the foot of his and mama's bed praying and asking god to help him stop. His last words were asking God to strike him dead if he took another drop of alcohol. He stopped drinking for a few weeks,but sadly he started back. A few days after starting back drinking, he was killed. He ran under a 18 wheeler at 1:00 a.m. drunk. I feel so bad for any child that suffers due to an alcoholic parent. I pray for them. When all was said and done in my life, God kept me,my mama and my siblings safe.
I am so sorry you went through all that. I hope your ok now I pray you are. God Bless
@@sammybutterflyThank you so much for your blessing and prayers. I do still have nightmares from time to time but life is better for the most part.
@@sammybutterflyThank you so much for your blessing and prayers. I do still have nightmares from time to time but life is better for the most part.
@@liz3424 I am so sorry you still have nightmares from it. I don't know you but I can tell your strong a lot stronger than you think. Keep going, keep healing. You can move move past it and I believe you will. Don't let your past bring you down rise above it. YOU CAN help others. Your strong. GOD BLESS YOU darling
@@sammybutterfly Thank you Sammy❤️
Oprah is such a good actor. I loved her in all the movies I've seen her in. Brewster's Place is one of my favorites.
Agreed
You his right
I really LOVE Oprah Winfrey❤
Yes, Oprah is a good actress.
Bird is the sweetest little girl. I love her and Zora together.
Yeees😭😭😭
Many families went through this and I would say still are!
It reminds me of my life.
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My childhood
me too. I think thanks to the Oprah show not so many people any more.i didn't even know it was abuse so bad until I watch Oprah.
Booze and drugs kills families everyday. What's sad is theirs no good people left to help. Without state involved. So the children suffer.
booze is the worst drug..
Such a profound movie.. Abuse is something you never forget & how it made you feel towards the people you thought loved you.. no one deserves that treatment 😢 you can forgive but never forget 😢
Once I seen Bird I recognized her from the movie “Corina,Corina” with Whoppi Goldberg & automatically knew this was going to be a good movie. The sadness made me shed a few tears, I was so disgusted with the mother how can a person grieve a man’s death that just knocked your teeth out & blacked your eye? The mom was so selfish & bitter towards her daughters, I’m so glad Ms.Zora came to the rescue.
Because it was the love of her life and the father of her children.
Well she was leaving but she loved him, hard to believe. It was grief that turned her into a monster, but in my view she should never had had kids. She only cared about him.
Glory Marie was selfish and cared more about her loser abusive delusional husband. When she was rushing the girls in the cop car Bird hit her head pretty hard and Glory brushed it off, then got herself pretty and fixed up to take him lunch while he was in jail and told Bird if her head hurts just put ice on it. You'd think SHE would have put the ice and tend to her first not rushing to get that loser some food. She ignored when Bird was trying to ask her something before getting up to dance looking stupid.
Phoebe was OVER it from jump she had been witnessing that dysfunction for most of her life, Bird hadn't as much. She knew their routine which is why she looked disgusted when she got up as they were dancing and she just laid down looking annoyed it was a wash rinse repeat with those two. That's why Hank took off I think they or his dad mostly ragged as phoebe mentioned on his decision to attend college, the dad was probably jealous because he had yet to accomplish anything except getting free drinks in a bar for his "singing".
man I really resented the way those people always left. the mom scared them away but they never stayed to protect me- EVERY time it happened, i stared and begged, then hated them, and never forgot how they abandoned me.
God bless 🙏 their neighbor!!!! She said she wasn't going to leave until the girl's were safe!!! She was good to them!!! They moved in with her until their mother got help!!!
Glad I didn't read the comments first.
RETHA AND THAT'S THE WAY IT SHOULD BE GET HELP.I DONT UNDERSTAND WHY SOME PEOPLE REFUSED HELP
Currently reading the book. And it ties so many loose ends together to make the story make more sense. Love it
The book is so well written, I remember reading it when I was 13 and haven’t forgotten it since.
I was 13 too when I first read it! I thought I was the weirdest kid for being that age reading it in school ,thank you for your great post ,now , I don't feel alone 🙂🤗🙏🏻
Do the girls ever reuinite with there mom
Alcohol has bad effects on relationships. Get help if you can't handle it.
Good thing I left when I did and I just had to leave another alcohol life. I could care less that alcohol exists.
My parents refused to and I escaped. I am in recovery.
@@krystalrussell38 good for you. If you wait too long it gets really hard.
@@martasoltys9091 Amen! My grandparents were also but some weren't.
Sadly some of my boyfriends were too. When my emotions weren't given the right recognition I'd drink or make attempts to drink or do something different.
I’m watching this now adult daughter at different locations we check in every 20 minutes to see how each other are going through the sadness of this movie I want to say to my you do have wings and will fligh higher than any bird as you have big strong wings and I believe in you and the journey you have ahead. 🎉twins forever woman.
Love all the background evergreen oldies of Johnny Cash, the Platters,Skeeter Davis and Bobby Vinton. Good movie.I feel Oprah's loneliness and living in isolation.
I remember watching this movie with my mom as a young child. It was the most tense movie watch I've ever had with someone since it so closely paralleled our relationship. There was no physical abuse but the verbal/psychological abuse was just as bad as this.
Amazing emotional role of Tina Majorino, she was very good actress. And of course actress who play mother, I forgot her name. Briliant acting.
Her name is Ellen Barkin
I never heard "you are my sunshine" sang in 2 different keys before😂😂
I lived in the ranch where the beginning of the movie was filmed. Our barn was their "store". We met the crew and "Bird". It was an amazing experience for sure!
My mom was worse then this an constantly cheating on my father. I thank God everyday we got away from her.
Im glad you ok
Thank you for finding this. It's a good character study for all the people in it.
you are welcome
The most evil, evil people in the world are unloving mothers towards their own children, and they know exactly what they are doing. I feel so sorry for those little children. SOS,so scary🤯
I havent seen this movie since I was a kid. Such a sad film.
"You can get outta this trailer and don't ever come back". Well you got your wish Gloria Marie. Now both of your daughters are leaving the trailer and never coming back.
you missed the whole point
This Movie broke my heart 💔💔😣😢
On the other hand, the mother didn't abuse her son like she did the girls.
He wasn't really in her custody though, and she didn't want to face the reality of what she was doing
Where was he staying?
@@janellirving4625 I'm not sure, I wanna say he was in school or something. I also remember him saying something along the lines of "you know I can't stay here, we know what'll happen" and I'm not sure what they were alluding to there 🤔
He got out before she started abusing the girls, she didnt start abusing the girls until the father killed himself
@@Lllll798 I THROUGHT HE WAS IN THE MILITARY
she should have gotten help the FIRST time she beat Phoebe.....she knew what she did....
Yes she should have she can't cover up the scares in her mind . Believe me 🙁💔
People like that don't know how to fix their problems, generally, until someone else steps in. Alcohol usually makes their behavior far worse, too. Haven't you ever heard adults say, "My (insert mother or father) beat me, yelled at me.....and I'll raise my kids the same way" or "spare the rod, spoil the child" ? I had a mother that one minute would smack me with a wooden spoon, yelling all kinds of stuff at me. The next hour or so she'd say I was the best, most patient daughter a mother could want. She apologized once when I was 12. She continued until I was 17 and had enough of it.
Most refuse help because they hate dealing with the consequences. My family is the same way. As I got older I was taught to measure up to my mistakes.
@@jenniferwilcox9759 That's arguable. Spare the rod, Spoil the child, doesn't mean you beat the child. Beaten is abuse. I taught myself mature lessons in that area. It can be traumatic. Why do think a child runs? This doesn't always mean he or she is running from danger...as people usually think but children run because the abuse affects how safe one is or isn't. Children run because their independence is too low or not given recognition to.
@@jenniferwilcox9759 yes I have heard the words you're speaking of ...my step dad used to beat me,my brother, and sister...and my mother .......I'm sorry for what you went through with your REAL mother...that's the worst....
My first Oprah Winfrey movie experience..... after that I was shook.... such a touching movie 🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺 i
Sorry, but i have no empati for this horrible mother , poor children, it breake my heart to ser this movie , but å very good thing that the Nice lady tokk good care of them. Very sensitiv movie.
I remember slapping my mom like that.
I finally stood up to my mom.
I'm forgiving my mom of all abuse if I don't I'll never see blessings and same for others.
Pheobe's crying let me know that she knew the mother was going to kill herself too. My conclusion is the mother killed herself and zora raised two beautiful successful strong women. The brother graduated probably enlisted. Came home on breaks to Zora's house and helped Zora with the girls. He later went on to have kids. Upon obtaining a successful career. zora became known as grams.
I'd like to think the mom got help and got better, but that the girls stayed living with the neighbor and probably called her a mother like figure in their lives. The mom was probably a better mom from a distance and was still allowed to be active in their lives, and I'd like to think that they forgave their mom, but the scars were still there and they never could fully trust their mom. When they had children they let their neighbor watch their children. They had to report their mom after bird almost got killed by her. The neighbor probably adopted them, but allowed contact with their mom when they were emotionally ready and healed. Mom finally went on with her life, still loving her daughter's and son, remarried a good man who was not toxic like their dad, and all of them lived a better life. Mom no longer became abusive, because she was healing from her past finally, and the girls grew up, got married, had children and never raised a hand towards them
I don't think she started out abusive but she definitely took her anger out on those girls after their dad died
Wow! Sad to think how many children live this reality!
Some mothers never see the light and there are no Zoras
We had a Zora-like but many didn't pay attention well.
I'm a Zora and suffer everyday because of it. Don't regret taking my sister away from her abusive lunatic mom tho. Seeing someone feel free to be happy and heal is an amazing experience. Just can't get this dumb bitch to leave me alone despite locking her ass up. Smh...lunatic
She was just as bad as him... they were a toxic relationship with the poor girls in the middle... It's nothing new many kids have to live in a family like this..
I know this by experience.
Maria you are so very right unfortunately we do have children living in these 😭 horrid type conditions
Blessings to you and yours
@Kelly Buck YES YOU GOT THAT RIGHT
maria parker but we can decide to do differently....i have, but it was not easy...working through the past never is, but its worth it. I agree mom was just as toxic as dad....
Kelly Buck my mother could not seem to be able to just say “I love you.” With her it was, “I love you BUT you just make me so angry!” Or whatever....i swore I would be different. The day I found out I was pregnant I went into therapy. I did not marry an abuser, and that along with being determined to do and be different what a blessed life I have.
Oh man watching this again opened old wounds
thanks so very much for sharing and taking the time for this movie for us all.
I was so hoping this had been a series. I didn't want to see it end.
This movie remind me of my childhood to much of all the pain that was in it that went into my marriage and into my children.
The most frightening scene in this film is when Bird says her mother is gonna beat her and she is gonna beat her bad just like did her sister.
And the brother just walks away.
Everyone thinks it is an over exaggeration. He thinks the mum is going to give her spanking and that's it.
The brother has no idea what his mother has become since the death of the dad.
OMG, Ellen Barkin's acting! It takes some kind of acting skills to find the human being in that monster.
Phoebe slaps her mom and stands up to her
she is hurting after what the father did to her she took out her anger on those girl which was cruel
I know, abuse is one of the hardest thing to deal with. I mean the guy was a bad husband but a good father. He left a scar on them when he killed himself. The mom became just like him. Pheobe tried to move on and Bird still loved him and was still confused on her love.
I've been there with my mother. Now she's up in age and she needs someone to help her. I try to be a better daughter then she was a mother.
@kittens2 Veternick amen
@@hadbetterdays8118 HE PUT A SCAR ON THE DAUGHTERS AND MOTHER WHEN HE BEAT THE MOTHER
This movie is so good that I wish there was a sequel
GOD BLESS THAT NEIHBOR..SO SAD TO WATCH.THANKS FOR SHAREING
DONT BE FOOLED. These type of women knew exactly what they are doing. Yes she lost a husband ( abusive he was), and may be a factor, BUT they way she lookec at her daughter turning into a beautiful women, means her rage was OUT OF jealousy - and then she hit her. Dont make excuses - women are often the statistics doing the most abuse. She also did not want the responsibility.
Wow this movie is so touching & gut-wrenching!!! Sad reality is that so many children are living this every single day. As a Sexual Abuse/ Physical abuse survivor I can relate all too well. After being molested at 10 then physically abused by my Dad starting at age 14 an lasting for years it took me a while to forgive cuz I was hurt & didn’t even love myself. But since then I’ve learned that forgiveness is powerful an also we can’t heal what we won’t reveal.
Wow, I just watched my childhood
Right!!!
Sorry, that must have been very difficult.
Yes it was very difficult for my brother and I..but we had eachother and no one could ever take that away.
@Lyric Smith thank you..the best thing is my little brother are still as close as we were when we were growing up. There was a lot of abuse. .my mother was the raging alcoholic..We ended up going into foster care,my mother gave up her rights, left us at children protective services. I just don't get it..I would never abandon my children,they are my reasons for living, they are my heart. No I wasnt a perfect mother not by any means and I made a lot of mistakes but they were never sexually abused, I would have killed the sob. I didnt abuse or neglect my children and I raised them the best I knew how. And the most important thing is that they KNOW that I love them
Available sorry you suffered but hope you are healing from emotional scars.
I had no business watching this movie multiple times as a child
@1:26:57 my heart really ached for the reason that Gloria all calm and naturally waved at the girls saying 'bye I love you', then all of a sudden the dark memories of regret swooped back in her mind as she cried 'I'm so sorry'. Her remorse reaction though 😢
Cute doggy pin!!!!
@@judytripp2908 awe thankyou lol
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I loved this movie since the 1st time I watched it, it is just beautiful to me simply perfect bird I loved her shes so pure and miss zora too, I love the movie even more because of Julia shes one of my fav girls ♥️♥️♥️
@55:36 I knew that slap in the face was coming back for the mother. I am for taking control of my children and make them behave accordingly but I dont go for all the hitting and slapping in the face. I have a daughter and a son and they can both tell you, I never slapped or hit them. I tried other forms of teaching them their lessons. Hitting them isn't going to help them understand what they done wrong. There are plenty other ways to teach a child, but hitting and beating them isn't one of them!
The mother was totally depressed, but she should remember how much bad her husband was
Why do ppl like these have children ???????😢No money for Xmas but mom has booze and cigs I hate that .
What about the dad?
Exactly!
So true. BS
U crying over a man made holiday. Would've made more sense if you said can't keep the lights on or provide ect.
JACKIE AND SOMETIMES THE ONES THAT WANT BABIES CAN'T HAVE THEM AND THE ONES THAT HAVE BABIES ABUSE THEM I DONT UNDERSTAND THAT
I never understood how children can still love and long for a parent that abuses them? Just heartbreaking, I can see how the mother became an abusive alcoholic as well.
Even I don’t like Oprah, I loved this movie.
What has Oprah done to hurt YOU?
terrible parents her only hopes were God and miss Zora ,she was a God send.
They were just very sick and lost
This film won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie - Ellen Barkin for playing Glory Marie.
She's very good actually
What a poignant bittersweet movie. All the performers were great
I’ve seen this movie several times and each time it reminds me that I’m never alone.
What everyone misses is the fact that both parents were alcoholics. The issue that needed to be dealt with was their alcoholism. AA was around at that time and very active.
Wow, a young Julia Stiles. Very cool
Such a hard sad movie to watch.
not a good idea to leave a mothers alone..
family is love those hard times need each others unconditional love. .💋❤
Such a classic story line with excellent actors ! Such a great movie with a very important msg.
Thanks for sharing the movie Sad as the story is it was a good movie and unfortunately this type of cruelty does happen in our beautiful world Alcohol and anger never a good combination The child Byrd was just sooo lovely and played her part in the movie with great ability.
Have safe and loving days people Blessings
Thank you xx
this movie remind me of the bastard out of Caroline.
At least in this movie the mother finally realized her children needed protection even if it meant sending them away from herself.
Oh, I remember that movie. I cried for that little girl. What was her name?
They called her Bone. Very graphic movie. Hard to watch :/
@@raea3588 Yes, I remember now. Yes, it was a very graphic movie. I almost couldn't watch it. I get angry at women who subject their children to such as this. Some women are so desperate, they put their own children in harm's way. I had no pity for the mother or the family as far as that goes. I mean, that poor child didn't have a chance. What I wonder: how movies makers got by with that scene, anyway? I mean putting this child in that kind of scene. Even if she was old enough to understand, NO child is old enough for that kind of scene.
I know that in some movies where scenes have graphic material too young for children they will have an acting double who is 18+ but looks young. I still don't know if it's wise for the underage actor to take part in the movie.
The sister was sooo over it the whole movie Chile 😂😂
Getting out of abuse is difficult and I been there with multiple families but abuse comes in many forms.
no one saying anything about Oprah Winfrey you do recognise her do you x
💕💕💕💕💕💕💕
She's amazing. Reminds me of my grandmothers.
@@krystalrussell8046 yes..always ready and willing to help..especially mother and children in need of just a shoulder and fried chicken lol..
This was the best movie I cry 😥so bad but the end was the Best wow 👍💯thank u for uploading this
When u cant imagine the future and the past is too awful to talk about...words stick in ur throat.😭..😭.😭omg...its too sad and unfortunately too true for too many children...those girls deserved loving parents...generational patterning...i like to think the girls broke the pattern tho and went into recovery...they wrote the book...❤...im glad the mother let them go so they could grow without that toxicity nurtured by a decent mature adult....in Zora...❤Oprah...
Evil mother should be put in prison.
I DON'T THINK GLORY MARIE IS A MONSTER EITHER! SHE'S GOT A LOT OF DEMONS AND ANGER ISSUES SWARMING AROUND HER! I KNOW SHE LOVES HER DAUGHTERS VERY MUCH. I FEEL SORRY FOR ALL FUR OF THEM. ZORA INCLUDED!
I know all too well what it's like to remind someone of a husband or a life they want to leave behind. Looking like a father that was never there for you. And the fact that I had his blood run through my veins. Knowing that. That may be the reason why your mother looks at you different then she does your brother. Wishing you could change your looks. Hoping that if you look like someone else that you might have love from your mom. This was a very hard movie to watch.😢😢 As for your trolls out there I know I have made some typing mistakes don't come at me. If you don't like my message go tell your mom.
Excellent actors.
I was very young when I watched this movie. I watched it with my older sister. Still etched in my heart
I was literally just thinking about this a few minutes ago
Ky Camp me too
My 1st time watching it looks good i hope it is. N please follow me on RUclips too at #DisneyDiva and thank you and be safe and sound.
My heart broke for these girls. It wasnt my mummy but my daddy that behaved like this and at the end i cried as hard as thise girls
I just realize the older sister is the girl from save the last dance..
Her & Bone from bastard of Carolina Amazing
Is so touching my heart thank you for uploading
I watched this when I was 12 all a remember was Oprah and the salt instead of sugar scene
This movie is beautiful
You tell her Phoebe!
This was good i am glad RUclips recommended this
I've been trying to figure out what year this movie was based on ,1950s, or 60s ! Does anyone no ,or have a good guess ! .?
The music is the 50s and 60s..
It says 1997 but may be different edition.
Looks like the late 50s
I was thinking 60s or 70s
@@angelrussell750 1997 was when the movie was made, not the time era that it was set in.
Wow, that was a powerful movie! I'm speechless!
La pelicula más triste que vi en mi vida, la nenita llorando me parte el alma Bird 😭😭😭😭😢😢😢 y el final ni te cuento!!! Muy triste 😭😭😭 no paro de llorar
Deep and sad movie
the saddest part for me was when the mum had to send her girls away😢
I am glad the daughters are living with Zora to have a better life away from their mother!!
heartbreaking.
I was just thinking about this movie
I sure wished there would have been more details to this story some kind of a sequel to let the viewers know how it all end did they see their mother again was it a better life with Mrs zora what happened to the brother and the mother and the story between Mrs zora and her own daughter
This is a difficult movie for me to watch. The mother was selfish and all she knew how to do was to drink and get angry at her daughters at everything they did. She made them feel guilty for even wanting something for Christmas of all holidays. Thank the lord I had a mother who was a loving mother and not like this woman at all.
Good, but not as good as the book guys! Read the book it’s so good!
Im going to look for it today
Wow, what a powerfully heartfelt movie😥😥😥
The older sister is played by Julia stiles