Trailer:
Cast:
Clyde Jones ("Coming to America" Soul Glo Man, "13 Sins" Gerry) - Mr. Winn
Ken Kushner ("Murderland" Teddy, "The Psychotics" (TV Series) Ben Kaiser) - Dr. Whitworth
Jazsmin Lewis ("Deliver Us from Eva" Lori, "Barbershop" Jennifer Palmer) - Angela Logan
Samson Logan ("Love Overboard" (Video) Captain, "Whatever She Wants" (Video) Tyrese, also Executive Producer of "Breathe" and husband of Angela Burgin-Logan [IRL]) - Samson Logan
Plot:
A woman and a man fall in love, commit to each other, and start a new life together. They even buy a house. When she becomes pregnant, everything seems perfect. However, she started having complications in her pregnancy - preeclampsia.
Based on a true story, this woman (Angela) tries telling her doctor that the symptoms are not right and that there is something wrong with her pregnancy. However, the doctor says that since this is her first time being pregnant that all of her symptoms are normal and the "wrongness" is all in her head, even when her skin starts splitting and bleeding.
Criteria:
0/5 – No value whatsoever. Absolute waste of time.
1/5 – Barely worth any time.
2/5 – Pathetic but has a bit of something to hold the attention a little.
3/5 – Somewhat kept the attention but could definitely have used more.
4/5 – Good, but not awe-strikingly amazing. Could have maybe used a bit more to the movie.
5/5 – Go see it! Wonderful movie all around – characters, music, theme, storyline, etc.
4.5/5 - I think this is an amazing movie. I was crying most of the time, especially when Angela's gut feeling was right compared to the doctor. I have been in a situation where my gut feeling was right and the doctors said that I was fine, so I know this frustration. While watching this movie, I wanted to throw stuff at my computer because of the stupid doctors (but I didn't).
For all those that are thinking of getting pregnant, please advise. Preeclampsia is a real thing, though it is a "silent killer" and very few talk about it. Worse than miscarriages, this killer can kill the mother as well as the child and it hides in the regular pregnancy symptoms [it takes a lot to identify it].
DO watch, especially to see the issue from the woman's perspective!
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