Her Little Secret

I felt the beginning of the movie started out strong, with a real feel of authenticity. The poor neighborhood, the drugs and easier to get a gun than a job. And Lerrez's parents were both crackheads. So she slipped in the world of pot and crime, especially after her being assaulted. The thing is the movie fast forwarded, and it seemed to lose a great deal of the gritty feeling the first half imparted. Probably because a movie showing reality would not 'sell'. So the actors were simply too perfect. Tats, but not the scars that one would expect from living, or have lived, in a rough and tumble neighborhood growing up. And the gun fire simply sounded fake. Lerrez did harbor a secret, and that came back hard in the third act when blackmail became part of the scene. It shows that no matter what, one cannot walk away from the past. So the producers probably faced a real problem. Show reality, and limit your market. Tone it down and spruce it up, and one loses the impact of their reality.