Movie #1179 "The Light Beneath Their Feet" was an excellent film that I had the opportunity to see at the phoenix film festival. It is a very layered story dealing with a high school senior trying to take care of her bi polar mom who has recently just gotten back the right to live with her daughter. Her dad is remarried now and expecting a new baby, so the young girl feels ignored by dad, and stifled by the attention mom gives her --- she is the moon and the stars to the mom, but it doesn't stop mom from her crazy behavior at times or it doesn't make her take her medicine. You would think it would, but if you do, then you don't understand bipolar, and that's what this film tries to get across. A couple of weeks ago, I watched "Infinitely polar bear" about a dad who is raising his kids while mom goes back to school and he has bouts of bipolar --- Both are well done, but this one shows the daily life even more. The pressures on all the parties --- what it is like to have loved the woman before she was like this, and then to have to have her institutionalized. How you stick out in school if your mom acts out once in a while --- how you become the caretaker for your mom..... all these and more are covered in this film, and according to the female director, who researched the topic extensively, bi polars are endorsing the film as "true to life" --- in the final credits, Glenn close's group of bi polars is thanked --- they gave positive feedback when they previewed it before it was sent out. If the topic sounds interesting to you, I would recommend checking it out. It is available on netflix, I noticed.
A Light Beneath Their Feet
2016 NR i would give this 4 out of 5 stars.
Rated NR
Our best guess for you: 4 stars
Average of 2 ratings: 4 stars
At a crossroads in her life, Beth has to choose between attending a far-off college and staying home to care for Gloria, her mentally ill mother. The strong bond between mom and daughter makes the decision particularly agonizing for both.
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