I attended a screening of “Happy Valley,” directed and produced by Ron Williams, at the Wynnsong in Provo. It was on a whim and my wife let me pick. I scanned the movie posters and it looked to be the most interesting. “Happy Valley” is a well-made documentary, mostly about prescription drug abuse in Utah County. I was pleasantly surprised. It informed me and it moved me. It is well crafted, edited and a needed dialogue. The main reason for its rating [PG-13] is that it chronicles drug abuse. It shows one character, whom the Ron is trying to convince to get rehabilitation, taking the drugs. One character, a young woman, now serving time for homicide, retells how her she didn’t help her best friend by calling 9-1-1, who had collapsed from taking too many drugs. She herself was under the influence at the time and not thinking clearly. It is probably too intense for younger viewers.
PROFANITY: 2 or 3 times, “he**” and “da**”
IMMORALITY: none
VIOLENCE: retold stories of homicide and covering it up among other acts done under the influence. Otherwise, there are no visuals of the violent acts themselves.
WORD OF WISDOM: repeated drug use described with its attending problems, also a man shown inhaling marijuana in his cluttered basement apartment
Overall, this movie, while documenting drug abuse has a message of hope and forgiveness. The ending especially shares this. You may be surprised by the ending, too.
Recommendation: Watch it (if you are 15 or older). It will change the way you view this problem.
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Somehow i missed the point. Probably lost in translation
Anyway … nice blog to visit.
cheers, Gondola!