Flutter

In my opinion we are in an age where filmmakers and artists in general take the minimalist approach too far, leaving us to want more. This movie is not afraid to make you feel. It takes you through a span of emotion that never feels disingenuous. It lets you laugh, cry and most importantly, dream. The story is genuinely hilarious at times and completely heart wrenching at others. Perhaps my favorite aspect, was that scenes of a very real and gritty human experience are interwoven with beautiful surreal imagery that is at times even psychedelic. This is done seamlessly, just as life is when seen through the eyes of a child. Flutter entertains and let's us escape. That is after all what art was meant to do.

Unlike other biased reviews from privileged women who have choices in life and chose wrong and are bitter, this review is about the movie.

This movie is shown from more than one view.

It's about a boy living with an illness in poverty living like all is normal like a child his age does.

It's about a mother trying to get by with what she knows.

It's about family trying to help them cope with little resources to help.

This movie shows struggles in life common to rural America that society left behind.

One should go into this movie with a clean slate and watch bit for what it is.

It is a simple movie not trying to wow, to prove anything, or to win anything. It just tells a story about the life of people that are born and made everyday due to aa steamroller society that chooses to ignore the have nots.

Hands down excellent movie! It makes you think of how many people are raised with all the bells and whistles and still never got it right. Especially mothers who,(post above me), think it could be done differently because they had blah blah blah experience. ..weak constructive criticism if you actually think about it. There is no set in stone instructions on how to love. That being said enjoy the different perspectives on how many unfortunate mothers out there who can not pay for garbage drug prescriptions that come from doctors who really themselves are not healthy and intelligent about medicine. Many druggists today are drug dealers who get cash from drug companies that endorse them for prescribing their drugs. We need to wake up and relearn natural medicine and stop the corporate drug world that doesn't look into the lives of the individual. This movie shows how a mother (under certain circumstances) did what she had to do.

FLUTTER is a special movie that stays with you. It's about the love that exists between a parent and child and what any parent would do to save them. Eric Hueber is the next great director. He has an eye for talent and focuses on the core of a great movie; where is the soul of the film. The ending of Flutter is similar to other classics like The Graduate or Midnight Cowboy leaving you wanting more.

Flutter is a movie that creeps up on you. You will begin to look at the psychology and dynamics of your own movie. It's a little gem and deserves to get major distribution and to be put out to the masses. This is a real independent film unlike a lot of the Hollywood type. It almost never got made per the filmmakers. Very glad it did and exists now.

It kind of scares me that people think this movie is a testament to love. Letting a kid be an impulsive, destructive brat is not what being a mother is about, and it isn't love, it's just wimping out. Children need a parental figure to guide and teach them, build character and caring, not just passively observe and tolerate! He's a child, not a pet! I raised kids alone with a garden to feed us and money from odd jobs I could do while they were at school. We didn't have stuff, but we had love and respect for each other and didn't worry about them destroying the house if I wasn't looking! Life can be tough, but I didn't really need a depressing saga with unlikeable characters(besides the grandfather)to drive it home.