Return to Innocence
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Movie Reviews of Return to Innocence
Movie Review: FACED WITH REALITY
Summary: 5 Stars
There is so much horriffic crimes that take place out in the world, we tend to ignore the whole story and pre-judge the situation to spare our ears from hearing the nasty truth! I have heard it said so many times that "children do not lie about these situations". This movie bears the fact that this just isn't true! A child that has been forced into adult situations will have learned how to use adult situations to force their own agenda.
This movie does an excellent job bringing the whole truth to light, and forces us to listen without pre-judging!
Movie Review: Greatness is not only in Hollywood Glamour
Summary: 5 Stars
Even tough this movie is not fill with the typical Hollywood glamor. It is full a great story. It involves many topics. From how many times good deeds might be bad interpreted to How a help professional ethics sometimes are not the best.
It is a great add to any one looking for movies with high psychological content.
I'm writing this and I'm still amaze. This is a must.
Movie Review: Good Drama
Summary: 4 Stars
Return to Innocence is a film produced and directed entirely from the OC (Orange County) with a low budget, in black and white, in 2001, but was released recently (May 2007.). It's director Rocky Costanzo tries to portray one of those controversial and taboo topics, child molestation and sexual abuse.
The main two characters, Dr. Glen Erskine, is a PH.D. in clinical psychology, specializing in the area of man and boy relationships, and pedophiles. He is an expert, and published extensively, about whether a man can have a loving and caring relationship with a boy, raising eyebrows and causing him to be suspicious of pedophile. Dr. Erskine is a member of the New Horizons, a home that houses troubled teens awarded to them by the court.
Tommy, (Andrew Martin), is a troubled teen who has been abused since early life (his mother.) He has consensual sex with one of Dr. Erskin counselor (Tommy's counselor.) After learning of this, Dr. Erskin confronts the counselor and he dies of a suicidal attempt. Tommy becomes very upset, and in his anger he accuses Dr. Erskin of molesting him. Because of circumstantial events between Dr. Erskin and Tommy as part of the treatment, he looks real bad in the eyes of the law.
There is a trial of Dr. Erskin and he is defended by a long time friend (since he is a boy) Jim (Steve De Forest). Jim proves that his friend Glen is not guilty. At the end, Tommy breaks down and admits that he had fabricated the whole thing.
Return to Innocence is a term used in which even if someone is absolved from a child molestation crime, that person still labeled and branded for the rest of their life, meaning can not return to innocence. Dr. Esrkin return to his practice at New Horizons (he was suspended during the trial.) Tommy is placed in a loving foster home.
Return to Innocence is a good drama, the actors are admirable and realistic in their acting. The issues are troubled and controversial, but a sadness of reality, of sick and disturbing minds. It is a low budget movie with no big movie fanfare. There is some special features of a reunion of all the main characters in May 2007.
Movie Review: No return.
Summary: 4 Stars
Given the sexual hysteria that has been gripping the US for the past several decades this little film addresses something that is really common knowledge. Any accusation of underage sex is prosecuted to the full extent of the law, even as they vary state to state. This does take into account your 18 year old son sleeping with his 17 year old girl friend. Parent's retribution is swift. When we come to such minor/adult sex activity with anyone, it is prosecuted. But hold onto your hats,God help you if you have been accused of a same sex affair between and adult and a minor. All hell will be rained down onto you. No consideration is given to vindicating testimony or evidence. This super hot button issue drowns out any semblance of a coherent pursuit of the facts. Once 'branded', as the main character in this film, nothing can acquit him/her/you. No how, no way. A life is ruined despite any retraction of the accusation.
Then, as a country, we wonder why there are not more foster parents willing to step up and foster kids. No one is now willing to take the risk of pissing off a foster child and be accused of nefarious actions. It is a nightmare of our own creation. Too bad that the children have to be its victims.
Movie Review: Return To Innocence
Summary: 4 Stars
"Return To Innocence" is a low-budget, black and white, independent feature focusing on a very provacative subject: sexual child abuse. Despite the boy in the bed on the DVD box cover, the film is not exploitative or sensational. It deals with the exlposive subject with care and understanding, not only for the characters, whose story it tells, but the young actors asked to portray the victim(s). It's a bit talky at times, almost more court-room drama than anything else, but a compelling drama overall. This is the kind low-budget movie and raw, provacative story that rarely makes it to theaters, so it is pretty courageous for the writer, producer, director to have made the movie in the first place, and then to have released it (many years after it was finished) on DVD. It is certainly worth finding and watching. I congratulate the actors and all the production people for their talent and their effort.
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