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everything you have heard about this movie is true.

Absolutely brilliant

The acting in this movie is really good.

All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

After the death of their young son Frankie, Irish couple Johnny (Paddy Considine) and Sarah Sullivan (Samantha Morton) are illegal immigrants with their daughters Christy (Sarah Bolger) and Ariel (Emma Bolger) crossing the border from Canada. While Sarah is waitressing, Johnny tries to make it as an actor. She gets pregnant but the family is still haunted by the lost of Frankie. They live in a rundown drug-infested building in Manhattan. The girls befriend screaming artist neighbor Mateo (Djimon Hounsou), the only one who opened the door for them trick or treating.There is a magical realism to this movie which is so heart-warming. It's not completely real but digs into something truer. Paddy is amazing and the Bolger girls are brilliant. There is one scene at a carnival fair that is incredibly intense. The stakes are so low and yet so high that it is more heart-pounding than most Hollywood car chases.

I just saw 'In America' again, on the Sundance channel. I'd seen it years ago, remembered liking it, and it is still a very good movie to me. I'm not sure why, but it's a very moving film. I don't think it's melodrama or sentimentality. It touches a nerve in me about loss and grief and trying to move forward from that pain. It may not do that for everyone (and apparently doesn't, judging from the negative reviews). Also, the undercurrent of this 'magic' in the movie, a view that one of the girls sees in her life. It's a nice little theme (or plot line or ?) in the movie, a part that some may deem 'sentimental' but not a big enough part of the film to be anything more than the sweet look of the world through this girl's eyes.Well acted, good story, nice soundtrack. Highly recommended.

First of all, I'd like to say that I was hugely impressed. Mostly because of the work Jim Sheridan has done here. An excellent Irish director who has his own unique way to create very good movies. As I understand this movie is quite personal to him and dedicated to his family. It's easy to see why. The movie is all about family. It shows what a great influence a family has for its members. What it means to stick together and to climb over all the obstacles life throws on the road. But the most important note the movie points is the power of overcoming a loss of a family member. Very lovely and inspirational movie. It has its tragic and heartfelt scenes which make In America a wonderful movie. Recommended for all the families.Great job by Jim Sheridan because of creating an atmosphere where there is no first-class movie stars, but still cast is one the strongest part of the movie. It shows you the worth of this movie.

It is not a very bad movie. But it does not make much sense either. Frankie fell down the stairs, or later on they say he climbed the gate. But that is not what he died from, he died from a brain tumor. So what is all the stair fuss about? And what is the meaning of all the loose scenes of stuff happening? There is no real story to speak of, except that of making an effort to get over the loss of a child. But even that is not depicted very well.Furthermore, no parent, especially one who has lost a child before, will let their child enter the house of a madman like Mateo appeared to be. They would not let their children go off by themselves to knock on the doors of junkies to go trick-or-treating.The man dying while the baby lives is pretty much a cliché. Anyone could have thought of that. The tear-drawing hopefulness and prayers, and the wishes the girl makes are touching but not very creative. The hospital bill suddenly having been paid by Mateo is also a disappointment - it just is too easy a solution.And how come the child and the mother both survived, even though the doctors had clearly said this would not happen? Another case of 'if you want it enough, it will happen'. That is disappointing. Real life is not like that. This made the movie into a feel-good-movie after all.All in all, the movie appears like a wanna-be-extra-special movie, which actually is not that special or creative. This style of movie is far from innovative anymore. The movie just ends up missing a good plot and looking quite like a standard movie.