When my husband passed away ,at very young age 38. I still remain alone with my daughter , never allowed a man in my life, just to protect my daughter. I am glad I did that 🙏♥️
@@HomeEF I did the same when my husband died. I decided it wasn’t worth the risk of having my son abused to have a man around. I’m proud of us for protecting our kids, even though it has meant being alone. 🙏🏼
I am sorry for your hurt. I never told my daughter, and she idolizes him. She wants nothing to do with me.Very hurtful. I’m so happy to have Jesus in my life. He gets me through each day.
I found this movie extremely hard to watch‼️I made myself watch it to the end to see if any good came to the people who were living it. It reminded me of my home life as a child, and later as a wife, married to a man who beat his children. I wish i had the courage to walk out of the bad marriage, but at the time, i did not. Later, we did get divorced, but the harm was already done to all of us. We all are serving God, now, but oh how I wished our lives changed earlier so the harm and trauma never happened, but praise God, He really does forgive and helps us to change❣️❣️❣️✝️ Thank you , Jesus❣️❣️❣️✝️
I can't tolerate this movie or lets say true story,it made me sick,my nature is to retaliate, or do something,,no matter how hard it could it be ,I'd rather kill or be killed ,specially there are kids involve.Sorry man.
God Bless you and your family and I'm thankful to the Lord he has carried you and thr children through. He is a faithful God keep living for the Lord :)
I was born with a golden heart and by 4 years old I was Jaded. I became a track star, and a winner in most ways & I particularly became a warrior. My future was taken and even now I feel I dont belong with humans on earth. My father did this to me. I dont trust men at all and I am single at 65. It is true what they say, if you have nothing to lose you become dangerous. over 200 fights... 0 losses. Good thing I still have love and great kindness for innocent animals.
This film hurts my feelings so bad! I was physically, mentally, emotionally, and sexually abused as a child! By my own father. I was the one chosen for abuse. Don’t know why? But it hurts to see such unforgiveness. I didn’t forgive my father for many years . I did not want him in my life whatsoever! I left home at 17. But God showed me I had to leave him to God! To release the hurt and let God heal me! And he did! Praise God! My father died without ever telling me he was sorry. Hurts a lot , but I learned God is a father to the fatherless! That’s how I got through all of it! Very hard, but God is gracious and kind!
When you are a person on the outside looking in ,It seems so easy to tell someone to get out of there to take the kids and get out of a sick abusive situation, but when you are the person going through it,nothing seems that easy ,it's the mental abuse along with the physical abuse can't think or see straight sometimes. GREAT MOVIE I would definitely recommend it !!! Thanks again RUclips!!!
If you're in a position to begin treating your children with the mindset And responsibility of an adult by age 13They will enjoy the rest of their childhood On out intoThe rest of adult hood. Educate them With the common sense God gave to understand behavior. And lead by example being extra tough in those areas while you can.society wants to get us to adulthood at 18 but it happens nuch earlier than that, this is why they are thinking and behaving more intentionaly @11 12 yrs.be smart enough to know where all goodness comes from so you can provide a source they will come back to because there is nothing good in us until we can acknowledge the true source.
Spot on for describing being on the inside. One doctor told a small female her head had been beaten in so much her brain waves had dropped to alpha level… that pretty low cognitive thinking…. Her story of beating was sickening to think what she endured getting beat on also showed her cognitive decline rendered helpless. Alpha wave state; I believe if you are slowing down to fall asleep seems definitive enough. Try psychological warfare being practiced on a wife when the husband didn’t spend 1 minute within any military structure. That some really sick cruel behavior
@@Justsobyjan Women should be recognized for There are keen sense of awareness especially in details Of all types .If the governed society can distract her from this an put those same senses elsewhere Besides the nurturing and raising of her family (Husband included) Then the family as a whole is a failure Because the essence of who Change is Is destroyed. Old behaviors have to pass away in order for new ones to be inherited. This is the way inheritance works. We practice it all day long between ourselves except when it comes to things that really matter Like behavior. Everyone standing around knows the bad behavior didn't pass away But they take the inheritance (Which is the control of the family) anyway. This is the fundamental foundation of true religion. You can't get anything from a will unless someone dies. If they say the meek shall inherit the Earth guess what has to happen to the Earth. If God has a will Someone has to come and do his will. If you will that your family's behavior must change What has to pass away what has to be done away with? These markers are put in our natural lives. That we might recognize how to have eternal family life and life eternal.
@@Justsobyjan in my case my children were not being beaten ,but still it was important to show them life wasn't supposed to be the way it was in our home my ex was a good man but as years went on he suffered from schizophrenia he's gone now from cancer, I just know abuse is a hard thing for many to get away from
Incredible real life depiction..the writer, the director and the actors..well done! Heart breaking story but we all know these things go on in this world..they shouldn’t but they do! Excellent movie!
I lived this. Cant watch. Dad hit my oldest sis and she died young at 52 from aneurysm at. Base of neck, where hed hit. Bless her heart. She saved us 2 younger ones. Alcoholism must be treated.
This happens more often than you think. It’s just hidden people are embarrassed to talk about it.. my mother’s second husband, my stepfather used to beat me like this and send me to school with a bruises all over my face, swollen, first and second grade. I’m finally the principal of the school stepped in help. My mother never did anything just told me it was all my fault to this day. I have a contentious relationship with her. She never said she was sorry and I have a learning disorder as a result repeated head trauma. I’m glad there’s movies like this to let the Public know and nowadays it’s a crime not to get the authorities involved if there’s child abuse.
only Jesus can restore you! heal everything, including you thoughts, that has damage they way you think about things, trust etc, when you become a mother that nothing of her is passed on , as it can without you knowing it it will be passed on. only Jesus can help you get rid of the evil as it did for me. Jesus said, '' I will bind up your wounds'', Psalm 147:3 no professional council can restore you , or other false religion meditation , etc.
I also have learning disabilities due to getting a fist to the head for doing something wrong and this comes from a biological father my learning disabilities my parents always said was because I was stupid and couldn't learn anything I didn't graduate from high school because of this and I was scared of men for alot of years.
I'm so sorry. May I ask if your mom had to has some type of mental disorder to have allowed that abuse against you? It can't be normal to see your own kids being abused and think it's ok. I'm sorry you dealt with that.
My thoughts exactly. I would rather run away with my kids and ask for help than to allow someone to abuse my children. He was a drunk, they could have left anytime he was passed out.
I did leave but to get away i had to leave my children behind. Sleeping out in a frozen February and slowly building a little bit of a life I was able to "kidnap" my children to safety. I am a very adventurous person. I think that many people underestimate the amount of control and abuser has over his victim. It wasn't always as it is now. With restraining orders and hidden shelters. Threats of death are very common. Be careful how you judge.
@@karensmoak2816 Do you really think you have the right to judge a victim? Have you yourself ever been close to a situation like that? This doesn't mean that I condone despicable drunk behaviour, or put up with any kind of violence. You'd be surprised if you knew just how many people live in fear, and remain in silence for fear of even worse reprisals. The fact is that the "law" is usually pretty useless, because it's based on thuggery as well. Most judges are corrupt, and actually, there's very little true justice in this pretty rotten world we live in. Don't forget, the mother in this film was already diagnosed as very ill, with a Damocles sword over her head. Maybe a little more understanding ,eh?
Forgiveness is the key ...it doesnt make what that person did to you okay..it sets you free from the anger and bitterness so you can be happy...i was abused as young teenager and it followed into my adulthood by my mom and i had to forgive her..i had so much hurt in my heart ..like this man here,i felt chosen by her out of two other sisters for her to treat me wrong and i couldnt understand why.
You reap what you sow😢😢😢. Every Dog get his day. I faced a true account.. my children were young.. and before they got to their second birthdays I took them away from that abuse... some women tolerate abuse... and it is sad to see that.. me personally I had to fight😮
We're not called the bride of Christ for nothing The female is ordained to look And pay attention to the smallest things Women can teach the church how to protect the word because it changed you so much
True. I traveled for a time & would stop at highway exit restaurants/stores & would buy again & again, Christian books on how to forgive, have always read philosophy type books, Gandhi type books, etc. Till this day I cannot forgive or forget the verbal abuse of a narcissistic mother who everyone else thought was the best & funniest mom there was. Just like some husbands, "Oh, what a great guy", Oh, Yeah ? "Well, you live with him!"
Amen sister, I've been thru hell for 60 years an will probably live thru hell what time I've got left.But I love my best friend that would be God,he pulled me thru some really bad times an has been my foundation of life.❤
I heard my mom saying once before she and my dad met he used to beat women. My mom was my best friend and I grew up thinking if he ever did any harm to her I would've killed him myself with my own hands and the older I get the more I believe he knew that. She was my everything and although he was always the provider, he spent his whole life working to make sure we had all our needs covered, there was always a thin line between him and myself which didn't really exist between him and my kid brother. I loved him dearly and I knew he loved us all but I always kept an eye open in case he tried to do anything to my mom. Thanks God he never did.
Maybe she wasn’t telling the truth, funny that all those years he never abused your mum isn’t it , i think your dad deserved better from you than you always thinking that of him !!
your mom is not your best friend that is bizarre,!!! you have introduced to the world, as you 'friend'' , not as you mom. do you introduce her to your friends '' this is my best friend''? , and does she also introduce you to her friends as '' he is my best friend'',? is she part of your '' circle of friends' when you go out with them , do you go out to the movies,, restaurants, dance ,parties with her and she is part of your friends?? that is disrespectful !! your mom is your mom a different role than a friend, a friend is not your mom either .
If my dad never lifted a finger against my mother, I wouldn't believe her that he used to beat women (specially in plural). You say you might be the reason he never lifted his hand against her, but imagine when you weren't born yet or in your earlier years, there's nothing you could've done then and yet he didn't hit her. Maybe she heard rumors or maybe he did have a 180-degree change of heart that involved Jesus. If he wasn't born again or left alcoholism or drugs, your mum might have lied to you.
A person can say or do things when under the influence & not realize/remember the pain that persons actions left. The person Receiving that pain will never forget . Can Never Forget & forgiveness is none existent. This movie was so full of raw emotions that many can relate to or feel the pain. The cast was excellent in portraying real life, & thank you for all that was behind the scenes. 👵🏻👩🌾❣️
I chose not to be like the persons who mentally and physically abused me, I learned to forgive them, so I wouldn't turn into them, God loves us, I gave my 2 son's a life I never had. 😊
(@home) We are not all monsters dear one! Many of us just want to love and be loved. To look after and care for someone and if so, then their children also. Some of us are God fearing men of values. I’m really sorry for your loss ma’am. Chris, Western Australia 🇦🇺
It's way worse when infidelity by the "so-called' wife, rips a fmily appart too, especially when the son (her natural son) wanted to stay with his adoptive dad (adopted after the marriage), such that within a few years, of NOT getting enough "visitations" back to his Dad, he wrote to a family court Judge and requested he be returned.. The judge agreed after having a combined session in court, to be TOLD by her, that the "judge" needs to tell the adoptive Dad he won't be gettig any right to visit? Whereupon the family court judge abruply stood up (beatroot red) and stated NO ONE TELLS ME WHAT TO DO - IN MY COURTROOM, and told the lawyers to "instruct your client" (and left the room) I was told to "wait" in a side room, and after about half an hour, one lawyer (not mine) came back and asked me if it would be OK for me to take him home that day, as I had been awarded FULL custody, and if I wanted, I could chose what days per fortnight, she could have for visits from him. BUT the travel fares had to be paid in advance, as well as his return ticket back to me? That was because the family court judge (and my adopted son), knew which "parant" was the better one to live with, who cared about HIM (and not about getting a lot of "men" through her bedroom).
Forgiveness is easier said than done but it's possible, this movie tells a story of so many families and how hard it makes on those in involved. Great movie
The mother is horrible to allow her husband to beat her son like he did. The older brother wasn’t much better, pretending to be asleep while his younger brother was beaten with a baseball bat.
Such a sad and triggering story. We had a stepfather who was psychology and physically cruel to myself and older sister. Both she and I still cringe, half a century later at the sight and sound of certain things. Mother was too weak to do anything. It may fade a bit, but these things never go away.
The movie isn't sickening, Patricia.... It's the portrayal of an all too common REAL Life circumstance of a brutal, hate-filled, alcoholic stepfather that DULY makes you sick..... in your heart. 💔 What concerned me equally was that the school counselor, played by Eric Roberts, did NOTHING when he observed time-after-time the "results" of physical abuse, but Did Not notify Police... 😧
It goes both ways Many times it isthe mother who is the abuser. In my case my motherwas the angry drunk who left me with physical scarring which still shows at the age of 67. My stepfather provided the only stAbility us kids had even though he put up with more than he should have. After all us kids left they split up. When i was with him one day i asked him why he stayed all those years. He simply said, "what would have happened to you kids?"
Yes, she was disgusting because she had a choice, she could leave, and rather than be hit she let her kid be hurt. When she scolded her husband not to hit Scotty in the face, husband made it clear it was him or her, and she shut up fast letting the boy be beaten. Hated her character and how she allowed the favoritism of one and the scapegoating of the other. Was Lattimer supposed to be Scotty's actual father?
'mothers are the nurturers, the love of a mother is the best and she has the children best interest' mothers love is so special ' this a myth!!!! from society making such to be true and programing our mind to believe such lies, mothers are not all love the movie we see she did not love the children she loved him the abuser instead she protected him instead of her children she was weak and her interest was for her husband and her self not her children, if she was all nurturer than she would have protected her children she was pretending to care . MOthers are not nurturers, is from fairy tale books, and society distorted view the evidence is found from movies like this one and there are many stories like it about mothers not loving their children and protecting them .
In the USA the court may demand it. I'm forced to pay my ex to abuse my minor children in every way known to man including SA. So it's normal in America.
This is how the Lord said to forgive and I will forgive you Sorry I don't speak much English but I learned a lot from this movie to the best of my ability, thank you for the instructive essay.🎉🎉🎉
i was anger grow up' because my father real and mom favored my brother and sis' they never could understand my anxiety and ADHD growing up' but im 59 now and i understand more' drugs have never helped in ways but i hold my on 'and i'm strong'...my Father changed his last name because his daddy was a drunk' been know that but the other family he was raised by they liked to drink also...i like this movie and understand it...
My first marriage was very abusive, to this day i dont want a bat near me. I took my 1 yr old and planned my escape acrss country. My fear is next would be my daughter and i know i would then be wiling to go to prison to take him out. 3 years of therapy helped but caution will always prevail. 7 yrs later i met the most kindest man, after 5 yrs i married him. Why 5 yrs? I was waiting for his bad side to show so i could tell him go away. He adopted my child. He saw the pictures and knew if he ever hit me he would be arrested and was not allowed to discipline my child. 46 yrs later he was the best decision for my daughter and i. Ladies find a way to get away, call cops, stand your ground in court, get pictures, get into a shelter if need be. Just get out! Its not always easy but its always worth it.
Leaving no matter how well planned is not always the end of it...they follow you..find you no matter and won't leave your life or the kids..there are those who truly won't stop or give up..with those..leaving.. Plus..a backup are needed
Yeah, and I've got a problem with the cop brother who keeps suggesting abusive dad should be forgiven when cop brother didn't get the beatings, not to mention his intended career taken away on purpose. "oh, I love you son, it was the alcohol"....nah, if you LOVE someone, nothing can induce you into physically beating them, not even fermented liquids.
Very good film I really enjoyed it good story it karma come back to you when you treat someone bad ❤❤❤I would rate this film 5 ⭐ star's Well done to the person who made this film
I enjoy action movies non fiction is my favorite to watch based on true historical events. My son thanks you too. Being able to watch mo ies free of charge is fantastic especially in these time's when my family and I are budgeting every dollar we make.
@@marthaelenalimon9357 For many , forgiveness can not be given. The trauma is so ingrained in your heart & soul that forgiveness is impossible. Unless one has gone thru such abuse , they can’t understand WHY a person stays &/or can’t forgive, if they’re fortunate enough to get away from the abuser. Kiddos to those who are able to forgive 👵🏻👩🌾❣️
Let's not forget Stepmother's have hatred towards the children that their Husband had before They married again, that's silent abuse,that you grow up remembering.
@@judithreed5433I've seen personally, more toxic step mothers than step fathers. And this is coming from someone whos bio mom is a POS and my was step mom adopted me. She is everything my biological mom wasn't.
This movie made me cry. It brought up so many emotions. Childhood trauma doesn't go away easily. My father was a drunk and abusive to my mother and us kids. My husband didn't drink but was abusive in many other ways. No more contact after my life was threatened. The Bible says with an angry man, do not go and wine is a mocker and strong drink is raging they that are deceived thereby are not wise. Abuse can be a never ending cycle. I cried in front of the mirror tonight looking at this older version of myself seeing the toll that abuse has taken on me. As I cried I asked God to help me to deal with the hurt and pain I experienced through both my parent's relationship and my own. Some never come to the realization of what their actions as an abuser cause as a whole. Years can pass without even realizing the effects it still has on our Mental well-being.
WHO KNEW ... who knew Shawn Michaels is much more then a wrassler, i hope to see him in more movie roles like this. Who knew the Midnight Rocker & Playgirl PinUp could act so A list in such a powerful film that sends a message to everyone about how 1 person distroys so many lives in a hateful hurtful way.
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I truly enjoyed this , as some said it was difficult to watch, in places, but that's because it hit home, and made me feel some stuff I wanted to forget-- Great job by all who made the movie and thanks for posting OP and RUclips
Good movie..highly recommended, in today's generation suffering from an abusive family amember, I hope they find courage to get out especially the mother who is the strength of her children..thank for sharing this good movie
*WOW....* now _THAT_ was an emotionally unnerving, truly heart-wrenching portrayal.... 😲 Not surprising that the "suggested", equally severe physical abuse of the mother was never "dramatized".🤐 Personally, the baseball bat scene against Scott in bed had MY "trigger finger" *_Locked And Loaded..._* 😎 And that scene's beating is what obviously led to Scott's later physical problems that Destroyed his career. I am just 100% SICKENED that the high school baseball coaching staff Did NOT Notify The Police when they obviously SAW Scott's repeated injuries that, in fact, prevented him from playing ball = Time After Time in the regional high school baseball league = Equally SHAMEFUL by that staff. 🧐😨🖕
Yes, I was wondering what year was that, anyway I wouldn’t ever allow a drunk looser attack my children like that or I would have lost my head and make him pay. I love the Lord but I don’t understand how a mother would allow that abuse on the children.
I was abused throughout my whole childhood. Later in life when I went back to the town I lived in as a child, and you would not believe the number of people who came up to me and said they knew what was going on and No one did anything.
Im not sure this was a true story, maybe some of it is from a true story but it just seems to Hollywoodish if u know what I mean.. But I admit when he told Tom he loved jim towards the end It brought tears to my eyes. I was adopted & my mom who adopted me was an alcoholic. She abused me & treated me diffetent than she did her maternal kids. She died young at 53 from lung cancer
EXCELLENT film about change and forgiveness. You start out hating the antagonist with every core of your being, and then, ... EVERYTHING changes. GREAT piece of work and acting!! 👍👍
The mother and her freaking abusive man destroyed these 2 young men life. She is the one that needs to be sentenced to live in prison. SOB , she ruined her kids life just to be with a freaking wasted man. My gosshhh what’s wrong with some women??!!!😡
Women weren't empowered to go against men and it was way harder back then, no safe houses, government intervention to give a woman a place to stay, money to eat with.😢 Thank goodness people have become more enlightened and help is a little easier to find.
Lived my young years Beaten nearly to death. Became the Drunk and spread that same fear along my Surviving Way Found THIS Movie that FINALLY Full Circled tells me "Aint no words OR actions can fix it now". Weep the tears, cuss the hurt, ALLS left is to change the RYTHM and make it matter NOW❤ Eliminate the PROBLEM ALCOHOL and MIND ALTERING SUBSTANCES!!!!!!!!!!!
When he asked his step father ...'Why me..! ?' because, the brother was in fact his biological son. That's the reason why he did not kill his step father.
@@melodiec8226 No one ever said that in the movie? This is so dumb the cop brother goes to pops finds Scott and 2 dead intruders with guns and he lays the blame on Scott when it was self-defense? This is an awesome movie (ruined for me) because that just does not make sense at all? So they are hiding two self-defense murders, and the cop brother gets investigated for murders, when it was all self-defense and they never had to hide anything at all, am I the only one that sees this?🤔🤔🤔🤔🤬🤬🤬🤬If in the end Scott did not kill pops, what was the confession letter for? Surely Scott wouldn't have confessed to killing those two intruders because it was self defense this movie makes no sense!
@@jeffeverett1599so soooo glad I found this comment because I was thinking the EXACT SAME THING! 1st, why hide the bodies at all when it was clearly self defense? !!! 2nd, I kept waiting and waiting, even watching thru the credits (you know how sometimes they’ll overlay the hook right at the end mixed in with credits etc) for them to tie it all together by the confession letter being from jimmy (drunk stepfather) taking the blame for the two justifiable self defense killings- that way Scott was finally set free. Aka not on the hook for those two murders and resting sound knowing jimmy was gonna die in six weeks. The fact that they didn’t do this, or tie it up some other intelligible way killed the whole movie for me. Shoot, I would’ve even taken the sappy predictable same ole same ole where the woman at the bar saved Scott from killing jimmy and she ended up being Scott’s forever woman and they rode off into the sunset happy and flash forward ten years later and both brothers and all their wives and kids were enjoying a nice family cookout together 😂😂 for Pete’s sake give me SOMETHING 🤦🏼♀️
wow i felt so sorry for the mother and her 2 sons.i just don't understand why the mother would of not kicked that rotten man out of her house,after seeing the abuse he did to her sons and feeling the abuse her self. its just so sad😪
things were much different 30some years ago... there was no help available, patriarchy was still very much the mainstream, there were zero women's shelters, no domestic abuse laws, women were expected to "stand by" their man... nothing like today.
Because she's a weak woman that never grew a pair to be able to take care of herself. I have no sympathy for weak women, I was a single mother so I know first hand how hard life can be.
I came from an abusive home, I got beat almost every day, which has affected my marriage my relationship with my daughters because I never developed any coping skills. I'm getting help now. I'm starting ttherapy. That's called. EMDR look it up
Emotionally hard to watch movie but presented well. The step parents need to be checked out before placing in home with children Thanks fir sharing the movie 👍
Based on a true story, really? I don't normally watch much films but watched this to the end. It will take a some time to recover from the trauma that the film transferred in my heart. We live in a messed up society and our children are mentally twisted. We should fare better as intellegent human beings. I'm a family man with six children. I've never abused any of them, ever. How could I, they are me and I'm blessed. Now I want to cry for Scott and for all of them in different ways I suppose.
I married young only to divorce young. After meeting my new husband now i from the beginning made it known to him that my children already had a Father. He did not have to Father them .He was ok with that. It was a way i felt to protect my children. My husband was ok with that and 30yrs later my grown children respect him. They have nothing bad to say about my husband.. it worked for us. I'm grateful for that
İt is a good movie with sad story!! Some people are failures in their lives and take their failure out on other people. I felt sad for Scotty. He had a bright future, but his mother’s weakness and lack of defense made him what he is.
Unless the abusive man is immediately in front of a judge and found guilty, sentenced and jailed, he is only going home to take it out on his wife. She knows this. If he is jailed and is the only breadwinner, how does she pay the rent? She has two outcomes due to the "system" - be beaten or homeless! You can't always blame the poor woman for she is trapped by her emotions and the justice system. There needs to be a system of immediate protection, provision and justice. And remember, although not as common, some men have to put up with domestic violence as well.
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The damage caused by his father was too much for a man to bear. Only true forgiveness would save him from himself.
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When my husband passed away ,at very young age 38. I still remain alone with my daughter , never allowed a man in my life, just to protect my daughter. I am glad I did that 🙏♥️
@@HomeEF I did the same when my husband died. I decided it wasn’t worth the risk of having my son abused to have a man around. I’m proud of us for protecting our kids, even though it has meant being alone. 🙏🏼
I did the same thing. Two girls, i was only 30. Never remarried. 70 now. They never even said Thanks, mom. it hurts
I am sorry for your hurt. I never told my daughter, and she idolizes him. She wants nothing to do with me.Very hurtful. I’m so happy to have Jesus in my life. He gets me through each day.
@@pervingupta3336I'm sorry ❤
well done, you can always marry later,
I found this movie extremely hard to watch‼️I made myself watch it to the end to see if any good came to the people who were living it. It reminded me of my home life as a child, and later as a wife, married to a man who beat his children. I wish i had the courage to walk out of the bad marriage, but at the time, i did not. Later, we did get divorced, but the harm was already done to all of us. We all are serving God, now, but oh how I wished our lives changed earlier so the harm and trauma never happened, but praise God, He really does forgive and helps us to change❣️❣️❣️✝️ Thank you , Jesus❣️❣️❣️✝️
I can't tolerate this movie or lets say true story,it made me sick,my nature is to retaliate, or do something,,no matter how hard it could it be ,I'd rather kill or be killed ,specially there are kids involve.Sorry man.
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Make sure your children get the counseling they need so that they don’t end up in abusive relationship with your grandchildren ❤
Jesus brought through the storm, just like he promises. Praise the LORD!
God Bless you and your family and I'm thankful to the Lord he has carried you and thr children through. He is a faithful God keep living for the Lord :)
Sad but true! Abuse is like a bad storm that leaves trails of destruction in many directions.
We need to stop tge generation of curses. My dad was very hateful, so so much abuse I became Vigalante
@@AuroraMora-f4c SO sorry, I can relate very much so 😞
I was born with a golden heart and by 4 years old I was Jaded. I became a track star, and a winner in most ways & I particularly became a warrior. My future was taken and even now I feel I dont belong with humans on earth. My father did this to me. I dont trust men at all and I am single at 65.
It is true what they say, if you have nothing to lose you become dangerous. over 200 fights... 0 losses. Good thing I still have love and great kindness for innocent animals.
Big Sister wanted him dead. I was never sure what might happen.
This film hurts my feelings so bad! I was physically, mentally, emotionally, and sexually abused as a child! By my own father. I was the one chosen for abuse. Don’t know why? But it hurts to see such unforgiveness. I didn’t forgive my father for many years . I did not want him in my life whatsoever! I left home at 17. But God showed me I had to leave him to God! To release the hurt and let God heal me! And he did! Praise God! My father died without ever telling me he was sorry. Hurts a lot , but I learned God is a father to the fatherless! That’s how I got through all of it! Very hard, but God is gracious and kind!
When you are a person on the outside looking in ,It seems so easy to tell someone to get out of there to take the kids and get out of a sick abusive situation, but when you are the person going through it,nothing seems that easy ,it's the mental abuse along with the physical abuse can't think or see straight sometimes. GREAT MOVIE I would definitely recommend it !!! Thanks again RUclips!!!
I always protected my children.
If you're in a position to begin treating your children with the mindset And responsibility of an adult by age 13They will enjoy the rest of their childhood On out intoThe rest of adult hood. Educate them With the common sense God gave to understand behavior. And lead by example being extra tough in those areas while you can.society wants to get us to adulthood at 18 but it happens nuch earlier than that, this is why they are thinking and behaving more intentionaly @11 12 yrs.be smart enough to know where all goodness comes from so you can provide a source they will come back to because there is nothing good in us until we can acknowledge the true source.
Spot on for describing being on the inside. One doctor told a small female her head had been beaten in so much her brain waves had dropped to alpha level… that pretty low cognitive thinking…. Her story of beating was sickening to think what she endured getting beat on also showed her cognitive decline rendered helpless. Alpha wave state; I believe if you are slowing down to fall asleep seems definitive enough. Try psychological warfare being practiced on a wife when the husband didn’t spend 1 minute within any military structure. That some really sick cruel behavior
@@Justsobyjan Women should be recognized for There are keen sense of awareness especially in details Of all types .If the governed society can distract her from this an put those same senses elsewhere Besides the nurturing and raising of her family (Husband included) Then the family as a whole is a failure Because the essence of who Change is Is destroyed. Old behaviors have to pass away in order for new ones to be inherited. This is the way inheritance works. We practice it all day long between ourselves except when it comes to things that really matter Like behavior. Everyone standing around knows the bad behavior didn't pass away But they take the inheritance (Which is the control of the family) anyway. This is the fundamental foundation of true religion. You can't get anything from a will unless someone dies. If they say the meek shall inherit the Earth guess what has to happen to the Earth. If God has a will Someone has to come and do his will. If you will that your family's behavior must change What has to pass away what has to be done away with? These markers are put in our natural lives. That we might recognize how to have eternal family life and life eternal.
@@Justsobyjan in my case my children were not being beaten ,but still it was important to show them life wasn't supposed to be the way it was in our home my ex was a good man but as years went on he suffered from schizophrenia he's gone now from cancer, I just know abuse is a hard thing for many to get away from
Incredible real life depiction..the writer, the director and the actors..well done! Heart breaking story but we all know these things go on in this world..they shouldn’t but they do! Excellent movie!
Finally, thoughts on the movie!
I lived this. Cant watch. Dad hit my oldest sis and she died young at 52 from aneurysm at. Base of neck, where hed hit. Bless her heart. She saved us 2 younger ones. Alcoholism must be treated.
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there is so much of this abuse hidden in every walk of life and poor and rich and christian and not christian and on and on it goes.
This happens more often than you think. It’s just hidden people are embarrassed to talk about it.. my mother’s second husband, my stepfather used to beat me like this and send me to school with a bruises all over my face, swollen, first and second grade. I’m finally the principal of the school stepped in help. My mother never did anything just told me it was all my fault to this day. I have a contentious relationship with her. She never said she was sorry and I have a learning disorder as a result repeated head trauma. I’m glad there’s movies like this to let the Public know and nowadays it’s a crime not to get the authorities involved if there’s child abuse.
only Jesus can restore you! heal everything, including you thoughts, that has damage they way you think about things, trust etc, when you become a mother that nothing of her is passed on , as it can without you knowing it it will be passed on. only Jesus can help you get rid of the evil as it did for me. Jesus said, '' I will bind up your wounds'', Psalm 147:3 no professional council can restore you , or other false religion meditation , etc.
Sorry for your suffering as a child, it’s a hard show to watch and you lived it. Thanks for sharing that’s true courage.
I also have learning disabilities due to getting a fist to the head for doing something wrong and this comes from a biological father my learning disabilities my parents always said was because I was stupid and couldn't learn anything I didn't graduate from high school because of this and I was scared of men for alot of years.
@@paulaluttrell7261 🙏🫶🏻🥰
I'm so sorry. May I ask if your mom had to has some type of mental disorder to have allowed that abuse against you? It can't be normal to see your own kids being abused and think it's ok. I'm sorry you dealt with that.
I was abused..Found myself screaming at times during the film. This is real and it f#cks us up for life.(I'm 68 now)
Childhood trauma follows us around one way or the other
People that don't go through this type of thing don't get what it is like and why it can effect you for the rest of your life.
Isn’t that the true 😞
I AM a childhood trauma survivor. "Christian" family, too. Read your stupid bible. You destroyed our lives. I owe you NO FORGIVENESS. EVER.
Yes, it does !! Some of us can hide it better than others, but we cannot hide it from ourselves .
❤@@AshlieMarie1988
A woman staying with an abusive man is so wrong, but allowing him to beat and abuse your children is criminal!
I agree. I think a woman like that is as bad or worse than an abusive man.
My thoughts exactly. I would rather run away with my kids and ask for help than to allow someone to abuse my children. He was a drunk, they could have left anytime he was passed out.
I did leave but to get away i had to leave my children behind. Sleeping out in a frozen February and slowly building a little bit of a life I was able to "kidnap" my children to safety.
I am a very adventurous person. I think that many people underestimate the amount of control and abuser has over his victim. It wasn't always as it is now. With restraining orders and hidden shelters. Threats of death are very common.
Be careful how you judge.
@@karensmoak2816 Do you really think you have the right to judge a victim? Have you yourself ever been close to a situation like that?
This doesn't mean that I condone despicable drunk behaviour, or put up with any kind of violence. You'd be surprised if you knew just how many people live in fear, and remain in silence for fear of even worse reprisals. The fact is that the "law" is usually pretty useless, because it's based on thuggery as well. Most judges are corrupt, and actually, there's very little true justice in this pretty rotten world we live in.
Don't forget, the mother in this film was already diagnosed as very ill, with a Damocles sword over her head. Maybe a little more understanding ,eh?
You are making a victim responsible for what a man does? Where is the outrage towards the man?
Some wounds NEVER heal.
Through God everything can be healed. 🙏🏼
They do .
Called resilience 😊
It’s a gift from God .
Abuse is real and you never forget it
You are so right about that.
@@robinbearden7158 Amen
I miss my kids and I was blessed with a good stepfather. Now I am a stepfather just trying to do good show them Jesus and love tha neighbor
Forgiveness is the key ...it doesnt make what that person did to you okay..it sets you free from the anger and bitterness so you can be happy...i was abused as young teenager and it followed into my adulthood by my mom and i had to forgive her..i had so much hurt in my heart ..like this man here,i felt chosen by her out of two other sisters for her to treat me wrong and i couldnt understand why.
You reap what you sow😢😢😢. Every Dog get his day. I faced a true account.. my children were young.. and before they got to their second birthdays I took them away from that abuse... some women tolerate abuse... and it is sad to see that.. me personally I had to fight😮
@@christineguzman7808 Women can teach men a lot about fighting in bravery
But it's best done when they're a little boys
We're not called the bride of Christ for nothing The female is ordained to look And pay attention to the smallest things Women can teach the church how to protect the word because it changed you so much
Good for you
U did the right thing
This goes on more than anyone knows. Sometimes one child takes all the blame. For no reason.
My husband was that child that took it for the other children. It messed his head up but he never touched me or our son!
If this is truly a true story, I would never acknowledge my mother or brother again once I left them
It’s hard to forgive the people that hurt u and it don’t matter how long it’s been
True. I traveled for a time & would stop at highway exit restaurants/stores & would buy again & again, Christian books on how to forgive, have always read philosophy type books, Gandhi type books, etc. Till this day I cannot forgive or forget the verbal abuse of a narcissistic mother who everyone else thought was the best & funniest mom there was. Just like some husbands, "Oh, what a great guy", Oh, Yeah ? "Well, you live with him!"
Amen sister, I've been thru hell for 60 years an will probably live thru hell what time I've got left.But I love my best friend that would be God,he pulled me thru some really bad times an has been my foundation of life.❤
That was a great movie! I had to pause it a few times, my chest got so tight from old horrible memories.
Worth the watch
I heard my mom saying once before she and my dad met he used to beat women.
My mom was my best friend and I grew up thinking if he ever did any harm to her I would've killed him myself with my own hands and the older I get the more I believe he knew that.
She was my everything and although he was always the provider, he spent his whole life working to make sure we had all our needs covered, there was always a thin line between him and myself which didn't really exist between him and my kid brother. I loved him dearly and I knew he loved us all but I always kept an eye open in case he tried to do anything to my mom.
Thanks God he never did.
Maybe she wasn’t telling the truth, funny that all those years he never abused your mum isn’t it , i think your dad deserved better from you than you always thinking that of him !!
I did the same to protect my Mom. ❤
your mom is not your best friend that is bizarre,!!! you have introduced to the world, as you 'friend'' , not as you mom. do you introduce her to your friends '' this is my best friend''? , and does she also introduce you to her friends as '' he is my best friend'',? is she part of your '' circle of friends' when you go out with them , do you go out to the movies,, restaurants, dance ,parties with her and she is part of your friends?? that is disrespectful !! your mom is your mom a different role than a friend, a friend is not your mom either .
Who the hell are you to say how he thinks and feels about his own mother! @Daisy.florina
If my dad never lifted a finger against my mother, I wouldn't believe her that he used to beat women (specially in plural). You say you might be the reason he never lifted his hand against her, but imagine when you weren't born yet or in your earlier years, there's nothing you could've done then and yet he didn't hit her. Maybe she heard rumors or maybe he did have a 180-degree change of heart that involved Jesus. If he wasn't born again or left alcoholism or drugs, your mum might have lied to you.
A person can say or do things when under the influence & not realize/remember the pain that persons actions left.
The person Receiving that pain will never forget . Can Never Forget & forgiveness is none existent.
This movie was so full of raw emotions that many can relate to or feel the pain. The cast was excellent in portraying real life, & thank you for all that was behind the scenes.
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We truly remember everything and it shapes who we become. Sometimes we never get over it
@@NancyCapps-w5e
Yes, it lasts for a lifetime & a change takes place. You either collapse or get stronger & move forward. 💪👵🏻👩🌾❣️
I chose not to be like the persons who mentally and physically abused me, I learned to forgive them, so I wouldn't turn into them, God loves us, I gave my 2 son's a life I never had. 😊
There you go…good for you.
Great way of thinking. I'm glad your kids had you
Sumo, I guess that makes you a hero
I am a cycle breaker!
Just because a person goes through cruddy things growing up it doesn’t mean they have to be cruddy grownup people.
(@home) We are not all monsters dear one! Many of us just want to love and be loved. To look after and care for someone and if so, then their children also. Some of us are God fearing men of values. I’m really sorry for your loss ma’am. Chris, Western Australia 🇦🇺
Good movie- very sad and comes to show how the hate/drunkeness of a father or stepfather can destroy a family
But what happen the mother, here is more woman than mother, cobard... like somebody I knew.
In many families, the mother is the abuser.
It's way worse when infidelity by the "so-called' wife, rips a fmily appart too, especially when the son (her natural son) wanted to stay with his adoptive dad (adopted after the marriage), such that within a few years, of NOT getting enough "visitations" back to his Dad, he wrote to a family court Judge and requested he be returned..
The judge agreed after having a combined session in court, to be TOLD by her, that the "judge" needs to tell the adoptive Dad he won't be gettig any right to visit?
Whereupon the family court judge abruply stood up (beatroot red) and stated
NO ONE TELLS ME WHAT TO DO - IN MY COURTROOM, and told the lawyers to "instruct your client" (and left the room)
I was told to "wait" in a side room, and after about half an hour, one lawyer (not mine) came back and asked me if it would be OK for me to take him home that day, as I had been awarded FULL custody, and if I wanted, I could chose what days per fortnight, she could have for visits from him.
BUT the travel fares had to be paid in advance, as well as his return ticket back to me?
That was because the family court judge (and my adopted son), knew which "parant" was the better one to live with, who cared about HIM (and not about getting a lot of "men" through her bedroom).
Forgiveness is easier said than done but it's possible, this movie tells a story of so many families and how hard it makes on those in involved. Great movie
The mother is horrible to allow her husband to beat her son like he did. The older brother wasn’t much better, pretending to be asleep while his younger brother was beaten with a baseball bat.
The older brother was the one who took all the beatings. The younger one looked away , you have them mixed up .
@@valhipkiss4011 Um sorry, you were not paying attention.....the younger brother took the beatings.
@@valhipkiss4011I’m sorry but Scott (baseball player) was the YOUNGER brother
Such a sad and triggering story. We had a stepfather who was psychology and physically cruel to myself and older sister. Both she and I still cringe, half a century later at the sight and sound of certain things. Mother was too weak to do anything. It may fade a bit, but these things never go away.
There are times in life when it fades, but then something will happen and bring it all back.
PTSD😢@@R3J8V91
I am so sorry for the life you went through. May God bless you. Virtual hug from South Africa xx
@@R3J8V91 it has and always will. We cope.
@cattleawhitmore9172 we survived. And we help others who face this. There's always a silver lining some how. Thanks for the virtual hugs. Back at you!
I lived through this kind of life...but in the end i won. Because he is gone and i lived a good long healthy loving life a
This movie is very real. It’s sickening.
The movie isn't sickening, Patricia.... It's the portrayal of an all too common REAL Life circumstance of a brutal, hate-filled, alcoholic stepfather that DULY makes you sick..... in your heart. 💔
What concerned me equally was that the school counselor, played by Eric Roberts, did NOTHING when he observed time-after-time the "results" of physical abuse, but Did Not notify Police... 😧
@@patriciaegan7244
No, it’s heartbreaking 💔 as many endure such abuse. 👵🏻👩🌾❣️
If your into true life stories then this is a great one...
It goes both ways
Many times it isthe mother who is the abuser. In my case my motherwas the angry drunk who left me with physical scarring which still shows at the age of 67.
My stepfather provided the only stAbility us kids had even though he put up with more than he should have.
After all us kids left they split up. When i was with him one day i asked him why he stayed all those years. He simply said, "what would have happened to you kids?"
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The best ,you never know what somebody is going through Thank you for this opportunity to WATCH ALL THE WAY FROM BEGINNING TO END !!!!!!! ❤
One man really did destroyed one whole family.
Who had talented.
Who had loving hearts.
Excellent Movie. Thanks!.
The mother disgusted me how dare mothers let some other man beat your children
Yes, she was disgusting because she had a choice, she could leave, and rather than be hit she let her kid be hurt. When she scolded her husband not to hit Scotty in the face, husband made it clear it was him or her, and she shut up fast letting the boy be beaten. Hated her character and how she allowed the favoritism of one and the scapegoating of the other. Was Lattimer supposed to be Scotty's actual father?
FEAR, MAAM
'mothers are the nurturers, the love of a mother is the best and she has the children best interest' mothers love is so special ' this a myth!!!! from society making such to be true and programing our mind to believe such lies, mothers are not all love the movie we see she did not love the children she loved him the abuser instead she protected him instead of her children she was weak and her interest was for her husband and her self not her children, if she was all nurturer than she would have protected her children she was pretending to care . MOthers are not nurturers, is from fairy tale books, and society distorted view the evidence is found from movies like this one and there are many stories like it about mothers not loving their children and protecting them .
In the USA the court may demand it. I'm forced to pay my ex to abuse my minor children in every way known to man including SA. So it's normal in America.
⁰@@bernadette573
This is how the Lord said to forgive and I will forgive you
Sorry I don't speak much English but I learned a lot from this movie to the best of my ability, thank you for the instructive essay.🎉🎉🎉
Fantastic movie, brilliant acting ! thank you
Great movie, sad and a real tear jerker 😢 but I loved it.
Absolutely, Excellent Story, Filled With Sadness and Truth, Gracefully Told 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
i was anger grow up' because my father real and mom favored my brother and sis' they never could understand my anxiety and ADHD growing up' but im 59 now and i understand more' drugs have never helped in ways but i hold my on 'and i'm strong'...my Father changed his last name because his daddy was a drunk' been know that but the other family he was raised by they liked to drink also...i like this movie and understand it...
My first marriage was very abusive, to this day i dont want a bat near me. I took my 1 yr old and planned my escape acrss country. My fear is next would be my daughter and i know i would then be wiling to go to prison to take him out. 3 years of therapy helped but caution will always prevail. 7 yrs later i met the most kindest man, after 5 yrs i married him. Why 5 yrs? I was waiting for his bad side to show so i could tell him go away. He adopted my child. He saw the pictures and knew if he ever hit me he would be arrested and was not allowed to discipline my child. 46 yrs later he was the best decision for my daughter and i.
Ladies find a way to get away, call cops, stand your ground in court, get pictures, get into a shelter if need be. Just get out! Its not always easy but its always worth it.
Leaving no matter how well planned is not always the end of it...they follow you..find you no matter and won't leave your life or the kids..there are those who truly won't stop or give up..with those..leaving.. Plus..a backup are needed
15 min. In and this movie is starting to get under my skin!! How can a mother turn a blind eye to her kids getting abuse!!?
I assume more than one fear, probably ...
@LeslieG-js2kn I can't even assume that. Between my children's life and my life!! I will put my life on the line for my children at any given cost!!!
@@jennysayaseng4521thank you!!! That would be the day that I would ever let a man abuse my children
Not sure why the school principal (Eric Roberts) didn't get the police involved early on after seeing clear signs of physical abuse.
Highlights alot , it's not just physical scarring , it's a lifetime.
That said it's a bleddy good movie highly recommended ❤💔
Yeah, and I've got a problem with the cop brother who keeps suggesting abusive dad should be forgiven when cop brother didn't get the beatings, not to mention his intended career taken away on purpose. "oh, I love you son, it was the alcohol"....nah, if you LOVE someone, nothing can induce you into physically beating them, not even fermented liquids.
You never seen what alcohol really does to someone I'm thinking
Truth
@@trevorjefferson6652excuses r like assholes everybody has one
Great movie, very sad….perfectly put together!
Very good film I really enjoyed it good story it karma come back to you when you treat someone bad ❤❤❤I would rate this film 5 ⭐ star's Well done to the person who made this film
What a brilliant movie. I just thought I take a quick look 😂 and couldn't stop until the end. Nothing got done for 2 hours
Me too. x
My gran was an abusive alcoholic towards my mom, until one day she fought back, but the scars never go away.
That’s true…. You learn to live with them with a lot of support
Awsome drama!!
Powerful. Heart filled.
Great movie!! Very intense!!
Ol' Jimmy never quit making excuses for his behavior. That's not true repentance.
There is no way I would allow anyone to abuse me nor my children. You will be in jail if you do.
Tough to watch, Important to reach out & find strength to talk about it with someone could trust. Good, well-made movie touches the heart.
Excellent Movie‼️
MUST WATCH 🍿🎥
I enjoy action movies non fiction is my favorite to watch based on true historical events. My son thanks you too. Being able to watch mo ies free of charge is fantastic especially in these time's when my family and I are budgeting every dollar we make.
Forgiveness is a choice.
@@marthaelenalimon9357
For many , forgiveness can not be given. The trauma is so ingrained in your heart & soul that forgiveness is impossible.
Unless one has gone thru such abuse , they can’t understand WHY a person stays &/or can’t forgive, if they’re fortunate enough to get away from the abuser. Kiddos to those who are able to forgive 👵🏻👩🌾❣️
I Am hoping all stepfathers are seeing this movie!!!😢
Let's not forget Stepmother's have hatred towards the children that their Husband had before They married again, that's silent abuse,that you grow up remembering.
@@judithreed5433I've seen personally, more toxic step mothers than step fathers. And this is coming from someone whos bio mom is a POS and my was step mom adopted me. She is everything my biological mom wasn't.
@@tyjohnston5889 Well that's good you had a better relationship then I did.
Why?
@tyjohn5889,sorry I really didn't,but would rather carry mine to the grave,I can't say everything.
That boy's stepdad is why they make rat poison
Those children had not one but two abusive parents?
And freeze on fluid🤫😉(anti freeze)
This movie made me cry. It brought up so many emotions. Childhood trauma doesn't go away easily. My father was a drunk and abusive to my mother and us kids. My husband didn't drink but was abusive in many other ways. No more contact after my life was threatened. The Bible says with an angry man, do not go and wine is a mocker and strong drink is raging they that are deceived thereby are not wise. Abuse can be a never ending cycle. I cried in front of the mirror tonight looking at this older version of myself seeing the toll that abuse has taken on me. As I cried I asked God to help me to deal with the hurt and pain I experienced through both my parent's relationship and my own. Some never come to the realization of what their actions as an abuser cause as a whole. Years can pass without even realizing the effects it still has on our Mental well-being.
The man destroyed everything around him and now he repented but gained a lot of enemies and destroyed many other lives. All this is what he sowed
Great movie
WHO KNEW ... who knew Shawn Michaels is much more then a wrassler, i hope to see him in more movie roles like this. Who knew the Midnight Rocker & Playgirl PinUp could act so A list in such a powerful film that sends a message to everyone about how 1 person distroys so many lives in a hateful hurtful way.
I’m a single mom, been divorced 10 years. Been single for 5. Staying that way until my son is grown. People are too crazy
Not every man is like this. There good men out there. I'm one of them
LOOKING FOR FUN WARM AND FRIENDLY GUY DARLINGS WHO GOOD TO GO HAPPY HEALTHY GOOD LIFE NO BAGGAGE JUST GOOD TOO GO FOR FUN LOVE FUN LOVE ROMANCE FUN FRIENDSHIP AND RELATIONSHIP TOGETHER DARLINGS AND LOTS MORE TOGETHER DARLINGS
JUST LOOKING FOR A FRIEND LOVER CONFIDANTE TOGETHER DARLINGS AND LOTS MORE DARLINGS CARE AND SHARE ALIKE DARLINGS IT'S ALL GOOD STUFF TOGETHER REGARDLESS DARLINGS
ID LOVE ENJOY HAVING ONE OF THOSE GOOD MEN IN MY LIFE WORLD UNIVERSE TOGETHER DARLINGS IT'S ALL GOOD REGARDLESS DARLINGS
I truly enjoyed this , as some said it was difficult to watch, in places, but that's because it hit home, and made me feel some stuff I wanted to forget--
Great job by all who made the movie and thanks for posting OP and RUclips
Thankyou for the excellent movie!
Good movie..highly recommended, in today's generation suffering from an abusive family amember, I hope they find courage to get out especially the mother who is the strength of her children..thank for sharing this good movie
That abuse happens in REAL life, and scars emotionally🥺🥺good movie!
Happened to me 😭 and it definitely leaves scars
@@maureenmeagher6415 sending hugs and prayers 🌻💕🙏🏼
Riveting film! Moving story full of raw emotions coming from each character’s perspective. Beautifully filmed, very well written story.
Hate will kill your soul
Though talking about your feelings helps release that anger and hate! Listen and have compassion ❤
@@carolreynolds7847 457,0
I don’t think so Talking can make it worse.
*WOW....* now _THAT_ was an emotionally unnerving, truly heart-wrenching portrayal.... 😲
Not surprising that the "suggested", equally severe physical abuse of the mother was never "dramatized".🤐
Personally, the baseball bat scene against Scott in bed had MY "trigger finger" *_Locked And Loaded..._* 😎
And that scene's beating is what obviously led to Scott's later physical problems that Destroyed his career.
I am just 100% SICKENED that the high school baseball coaching staff Did NOT Notify The Police when they obviously SAW Scott's repeated injuries that, in fact, prevented him from playing ball = Time After Time in the regional high school baseball league = Equally SHAMEFUL by that staff. 🧐😨🖕
Yes, I was wondering what year was that, anyway I wouldn’t ever allow a drunk looser attack my children like that or I would have lost my head and make him pay. I love the Lord but I don’t understand how a mother would allow that abuse on the children.
I was abused throughout my whole childhood. Later in life when I went back to the town I lived in as a child, and you would not believe the number of people who came up to me and said they knew what was going on and No one did anything.
@@R3J8V91I'm so sorry you had to go through that and no one helped you,if I was there and knew what was happening to you I would have helped you 😞
@jaime8743 There are still good people in the world. Thank you!!
@@R3J8V91 very sad :(.
Im not sure this was a true story, maybe some of it is from a true story but it just seems to Hollywoodish if u know what I mean.. But I admit when he told Tom he loved jim towards the end It brought tears to my eyes.
I was adopted & my mom who adopted me was an alcoholic. She abused me & treated me diffetent than she did her maternal kids. She died young at 53 from lung cancer
EXCELLENT film about change and forgiveness. You start out hating the antagonist with every core of your being, and then, ... EVERYTHING changes. GREAT piece of work and acting!! 👍👍
The mother and her freaking abusive man destroyed these 2 young men life. She is the one that needs to be sentenced to live in prison. SOB , she ruined her kids life just to be with a freaking wasted man. My gosshhh what’s wrong with some women??!!!😡
What’s wrong with all those abusive men?
@@lizhou3240thank you! Agree.
She said not on the face, you can hit them, it is OK. Terrible!
Women weren't empowered to go against men and it was way harder back then, no safe houses, government intervention to give a woman a place to stay, money to eat with.😢 Thank goodness people have become more enlightened and help is a little easier to find.
Lived my young years Beaten nearly to death. Became the Drunk and spread that same fear along my Surviving Way
Found THIS Movie that FINALLY Full Circled tells me "Aint no words OR actions can fix it now". Weep the tears, cuss the hurt, ALLS left is to change the RYTHM and make it matter NOW❤ Eliminate the PROBLEM ALCOHOL and MIND ALTERING SUBSTANCES!!!!!!!!!!!
He didnt kill his abuser, he buried his dreams that his step dad beat him so bad that he couldn't play ball
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When he asked his step father ...'Why me..! ?' because, the brother was in fact his biological son. That's the reason why he did not kill his step father.
@@melodiec8226 No one ever said that in the movie? This is so dumb the cop brother goes to pops finds Scott and 2 dead intruders with guns and he lays the blame on Scott when it was self-defense? This is an awesome movie (ruined for me) because that just does not make sense at all? So they are hiding two self-defense murders, and the cop brother gets investigated for murders, when it was all self-defense and they never had to hide anything at all, am I the only one that sees this?🤔🤔🤔🤔🤬🤬🤬🤬If in the end Scott did not kill pops, what was the confession letter for? Surely Scott wouldn't have confessed to killing those two intruders because it was self defense this movie makes no sense!
@@jeffeverett1599 agreed. parts are confusing. would like a commentary to go with it.
@@jeffeverett1599so soooo glad I found this comment because I was thinking the EXACT SAME THING! 1st, why hide the bodies at all when it was clearly self defense? !!! 2nd, I kept waiting and waiting, even watching thru the credits (you know how sometimes they’ll overlay the hook right at the end mixed in with credits etc) for them to tie it all together by the confession letter being from jimmy (drunk stepfather) taking the blame for the two justifiable self defense killings- that way Scott was finally set free. Aka not on the hook for those two murders and resting sound knowing jimmy was gonna die in six weeks. The fact that they didn’t do this, or tie it up some other intelligible way killed the whole movie for me. Shoot, I would’ve even taken the sappy predictable same ole same ole where the woman at the bar saved Scott from killing jimmy and she ended up being Scott’s forever woman and they rode off into the sunset happy and flash forward ten years later and both brothers and all their wives and kids were enjoying a nice family cookout together 😂😂 for Pete’s sake give me SOMETHING 🤦🏼♀️
wow i felt so sorry for the mother and her 2 sons.i just don't understand why the mother would of not kicked that rotten man out of her house,after seeing the abuse he did to her sons and feeling the abuse her self. its just so sad😪
things were much different 30some years ago... there was no help available, patriarchy was still very much the mainstream, there were zero women's shelters, no domestic abuse laws, women were expected to "stand by" their man... nothing like today.
He probably would have killed her
Some women apparently need a man in their life so badly they’ll tolerate anything…even seeing their children abused. It sickens me.
Still no excuse…where there is a will there is a way. Life is too short to let your children endure that kind of trauma.
Because she's a weak woman that never grew a pair to be able to take care of herself. I have no sympathy for weak women, I was a single mother so I know first hand how hard life can be.
I came from an abusive home, I got beat almost every day, which has affected my marriage my relationship with my daughters because I never developed any coping skills. I'm getting help now. I'm starting ttherapy. That's called. EMDR look it up
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You are already starting the journey. It’ll be worse before it gets better, but it DOES get better. Best of luck in your journey. You are a survivor.
Excellent movie! ❤
Thank you and prayers for the family. Hosted by Texas PGR.
This movie was harder to watch knowing it was based on a true story.
Some of the abuse hits home...
Very, very good movie! I really felt it!
I couldn't fully get into the movie because there were so many holes legally... Great acting and production
Emotionally hard to watch movie but presented well.
The step parents need to be checked out before placing in home with children
Thanks fir sharing the movie 👍
All narcissists need 3 supply people in their life: the golden child, the ignored one, and the scapegoat.
Hello, nice to meet you 👋 I’m the scapegoat of my DNA sharers - and you’re exactly right
Im the ignored one@@Scapegoated_Soulmate
No words but thank you very good movie!👏🏿
The two guys walked in the house to kill the old man. His son killed them in self defense. Why was that not brought out in the movie?
@@ThomasSansing back then, in the woods, cops didn't care
@@ThomasSansing I watched cops walk away from my battered mother
That is exactly what I thought.
All they would have had done is called the cops and tell them what happened he was completely in the right.
No need for all that drama he did nothing
@@Misorganic1
You don't know the legal system although it has been before your eyes.
Based on a true story, really? I don't normally watch much films but watched this to the end. It will take a some time to recover from the trauma that the film transferred in my heart. We live in a messed up society and our children are mentally twisted. We should fare better as intellegent human beings. I'm a family man with six children. I've never abused any of them, ever. How could I, they are me and I'm blessed. Now I want to cry for Scott and for all of them in different ways I suppose.
I married young only to divorce young. After meeting my new husband now i from the beginning made it known to him that my children already had a Father. He did not have to Father them .He was ok with that. It was a way i felt to protect my children. My husband was ok with that and 30yrs later my grown children respect him. They have nothing bad to say about my husband.. it worked for us. I'm grateful for that
Great film...loved it
İt is a good movie with sad story!! Some people are failures in their lives and take their failure out on other people.
I felt sad for Scotty. He had a bright future, but his mother’s weakness and lack of defense made him what he is.
All your actions have consequences.
I WOULDNT waste my time watching this movie!!!!!!
What a wicked man the stepfather is 🤬
Good story, it's happened in a real life
The cycle of abuse is real. Someone in the family must decide to end it.
wow,what a powerful film,loved it
I hate the mother , she never stand for her son ... Inspite of what her husband did to her son ...she try to cover up her husband ....
Unless the abusive man is immediately in front of a judge and found guilty, sentenced and jailed, he is only going home to take it out on his wife. She knows this. If he is jailed and is the only breadwinner, how does she pay the rent? She has two outcomes due to the "system" - be beaten or homeless! You can't always blame the poor woman for she is trapped by her emotions and the justice system. There needs to be a system of immediate protection, provision and justice. And remember, although not as common, some men have to put up with domestic violence as well.