Becoming Redwood

As the title says this movie is amazing but doesn't have enough stories to excite you. The transitions are very weak which could've been handled well with a bit more storytelling. The movie also fails to deliver a satisfying closure and just ends it with "riding into the sunshine" which was weak given the plot. Even after that I think it deserves more than 3 stars but not 4. I did have to skip over some parts because they were plain boring and nothing was happening.Spoiler ahead:So many storylines could've been expanded.The dad: What the hell was even with him? We see him crossing border which is later found in the movie that he was running from a crime. He is then beaten up and later is in prison. He has cut his hair too and I have no idea why or what.The step-dad: He was emotionless but somehow he becomes a good fella in the end. Something happened but it's not expanded upon.The mom: The son meets with mom later and I expected the movie to go over how the mom is where she is but nada.The grandpa relationship: Bit weird he just talks with redwood even at the end and suddenly he goes outside without anything developingThe bottomline: The movie had endless potentials. If only the editor had a clue.

It was exceptional when I chose this DVD to give to friends who had similar issues with a young boy, who lost his Father. There are several types of losses. The most difficult is for an 11 year-old boy to have divorced parents, the Father granted custody, and then have to be sent back to live with his Mother who has remarried; he is in a Step-Family with a Step-Father. Then, the reality hits that as a boy he will not live with his Father again, if ever. Yes, this movie production, Redwood is fiction. However, it provides true-to-life examples of how an 11 year-old grapples with real crisis by drifting into a world of make-believe - his own Narnia. Nevertheless, with his make-believe victory in a Golf Classic Championship, thisboy returned to reality and acceptance within his Step-family, Step-Brother and rediscovers love in a Mother-and-Son relationship. I was complimented for this DVD as a gift, because it helped Adults and the Young, to grasp that evil is irrational and life is not fair. To move on to a better day does not require fault-finding, but just moving on with those who support recovery. At the end of the movie, the Producer provided an excellent simile when the 11 year-old boy cut off his extraordinary long hair and took on a new appearance to show everyone he was moving onand appreciated their acceptance. This movie is a masterpiece in human relationships and an excellent gift for those in the struggles of life.

A lovely illustration of a child's fantasy (golf) helping him deal with painful family issues. His mother walked away (literally) from the family and his father was unable to cope with this loss or with his strong-willed son. The boy is sent off to live with a related family whose man of the house is over-controlling and not exactly welcoming or affectionate. The lad is now the youngest of three boys, a stressful situation for him to say the least. His on-going golf fantasy is a crutch that keeps him on his feet, so to speak, until he gathers the strength to take his rightful place in his new family.

It looked and sounded like a nice movie, but I quit watching after 31 minutes. I couldn't stand watching the abusive step-father. The movie is rife with unlikable characters - a drug addict father, a mother who abandoned her son, and the bullying step-father. There isn't much plot, transitions are weak, and, as someone else said, it needed more storytelling to fill in the shading. Redwood and his imagination were the good part. It moved very slowly, which was another reason to quit before I wasted anymore time on it.

good entertainment

Very strange movie. I wouldn't recommend watching. Waste of time.

This was kind of a bland movie...

It's ok. I didn't watch it to the end I went to bed. I don't plan on watching rest of the movie. Let me know how it ends.

This was not a good film, Very slow all the way through and I still don't know what the storyline or the point of the film was. Save your money!