they really got the feeling of when you're a child and things just happen to you and everything dimly feels like your fault.

amazing kid.

Cinema as an empathy generating machine. The world from a nine-year old’s perspective, yet through my own eyes, it’s terrifying. A child’s life as the most vulnerable thing in the world. 94 minutes of drama, so beautifully crafted, it has to be seen on the big screen. It’s tight, and nothing is spared. All the info you need is there. When you’re given just enough of a beat to foreshadow even the next shot, and it then plays out as expected, I’m not sure I’ve ever seen that before. Everything clicks into place. This is absolute cinema.

"There's three lights now."

Empathy radiating from every shot, every small movement. No heroics, just care. "Minding" as a form of love, understanding.

Foster was a book that meant a lot to me as a teen, while still deathly in denial of the familial abuse/neglect I was in the throws of.

A beautiful understanding of that pain on display here, something truly special. Perfect filmmaking. Feeling fragile.

Love of my life in the credits, endlessly proud.

Fully sobbed at the end when I realized how often we tend to take gestures, no matter how big or small, for granted. Whether it's someone brushing your hair, handing you a cookie or just watching tv with you, life's just a collection of those gestures and they should mean something each time.

Quietly beautiful.
And I'm quietly crying.

You can always trust a Sean.

The LOUD girl (me) sobbing and snotting all over Rathmines omniplex for the entirety of this film

Why don’t you just pull out my heart and beat me across the face? It’ll be a quicker death than if I drowned in my tears. I promise.

Tender and relaxing. Refreshingly simple. Heartfelt. So beautifully filmed. Ireland is some sort of a dream I need to see with my own eyes. Just stunning.

About 20 minutes in I felt it tugging and I was like "okay I'm going to open my heart to this movie. It better not make me regret that."

It did not.