Pure

well, first thing I should mention about this film is the music. It was so touching and well arranged with each moments that I couldn't take my eyes off the screen. Mainly with the guitar with the keyboard sound that fakes to sound like chamber orchestra together. It makes the moments surround with melancoly and sympathatic feeling.The story is about a boy who's mother(Molly Parker) is a heroin addict. He has to be apart with his mother in the middle of the movie because her mother has to be in an institution. He has a woman friend who is way older then him(Keira Knightley) who is also a drug eddict who is also pregnant.The boy is practically surrounded with junckies. He once even wanted to feel what his mother feels and tries to smoke weed and totally wasted. That moment was very touching for me since he has the most innocent boy was corrupted and he was in a totally in a nother world at that time because ot the adult's toy.The movie ends with a happy ending somehow, more of an open ending. It acutally owns a great amount of deal to the music.Without the music this movie could not have been this great.There are actually two kinds of music in this film. One is as already told you. the guitar sound with keyboard faking the chamber orchestra, the other is house music- electric pop. They are all so great.If the musician was selected by the director he must have been a genious.It is no surprise knowing that the director is an old guy who has a lot of movie making experience both in TV and Theater.This is something you should see if you can make time.

This series is similar to "Clannad." It's a "slice-of-life" romantic comedy set in a Japanese high school. It's very sweet, very touching . . . and very, very funny! The music! Ooo,the music!! It's first rate!!! The opening song ("Aozora loop" by Marble) is FANTASTIC . . . and so is the 2nd closing song {"Wasurenaide" by Suara). And it's clean! Like "Clannad" there is no fan-service. For the young lovers just holding hands is a big deal! Differences from "Clannad" include not a "harem" comedy, no supernatural element (other than love itself), and is a little like Fellini's "8 1/2" in that there's a movie being made inside a movie! (This effects one of the storylines in an interesting way.) Collection 1 and Collection 2 are BOTH amazingly great! (The one just continues the other.) As to drawbacks . . . there's no dub (but, to be honest, you hardly notice); no extras; background animation is sometimes a little too water-colorish; and--o, yes!--that title! [Blush.] While the story IS a wee bit saccharine (but I LOVE that about it!), the title is WAY over-the-top too sugary for it. Maybe something about love triangles, green and pink puppets, and udon (!) would have been better. Anyway, if you love "Clannad," I think you'll love this series, too.

This edgey drama about the hoplessness of poverty and drug addiction has the veiwer plunging into the depths of despair, and finally lifted into the arms of hope. Young David Wenham is inspiring as the oldest son of a hoplessly heroine dependent mother played admirably by Molly Parker. Wenham's range of emotion is surprising and broad for so young an actor. Keira Knightley is typically brilliant as the young boy's emotionally challenged friend and, unfortunately, his dark enabler. Knightley's character's struggle with her circumstance and the better angels of her nature yield a performance equally inspiring to those of Parker and Wenham. In the end, you are left cheering for the mother's apparent recovery, and wrenching decline of the friend. I'd recommend this film to anyone not already swallowing antidepressants. For those who are, see a nice romantic comedy.

An interesting view of a world I don't know. Thank goodness. The acting is top-notch. It feels real.

Fascinating look at the real side of the drug scene. Families are formed and broken by an out of control world. Talented performances abound in this small movie that should have been bigger. David Wenham is great as the drug dealer who does not get that he can't make families and supply them drugs at the same time.

Dreadful film. I bought the DVD expecting to see a compelling story revolving around Molly Parker's character (and Keira Knightly's). Instead, 95% involves the creepy ten-year-old boy, whose acting is "purely" awful, and whose character is nowhere close to believable. The only thing more irritating is the soundtrack, which consists of endlessly repeated obnoxious short themes. The only way this film deserves even one star is Molly Parker, who gives her usual superb performance, albeit in an almost non-existent peripheral role.

I think this is Harry Eden's lst movie. He is very young, but is the dominate character in this sensitive human drama between a drug addicted mother and her son. It is really an awesome movie one should not miss, especially a Harry Eden fan.

Emotionally disturbing and realistic portrayal of the dark side and sinister nature of drug addiction, and the hell it can drag a person through, as well as the people who love them!

A very good film, well worth watching. True, it could be seen as depressing given the lives of the characters and the setting. But if their experience is in any way true (and it is - look around you!) then it should also be inspiring. We as a society have to do much, much better or people will always be trapped in a spiral of poverty and degradation beyond their control. Harry Eden is outstanding as said elsewhere - the devotion and care he shows in a damaged life beyond his real understanding is very moving. What would his character be doing now if we could meet him?And then there's the nudity. Or rather, then there isn't! I'm only mentioning this because of a review for this film here on Amazon that mentions it. I've no idea which film the reviewer in question is talking about but it isn't this one!

The young actor, Harry Eden, who plays Paul is certainly a promising actor. But the subject matter is pretty depressing, although the relationship between Paul and his mum is touching. But unfortunately the sound quality on my copy of the dvd was so poor that it was very difficult to make out what was being said a lot of the time, even at high volume. I asked for a refund and got it straight away.

did not have to wait for shower seen for nudity a lot was in the plot any way

It's a Really good film but didn't like were it was filmed as - man u fan!!

I enjoyed it immensly. Caught it on TV recently and had to watch it again so bought the DVD. I have watched it a few times since and recommended it to friends.Thought provoking and enlightening. Sadly there are not enough happy endings in real life!