A little girl lives in the swamps of some american state with her dad. Its a place called the bathtub and here they catch crabs, row around in car parts and get rained on. The little girl is an imaginative little thing but unfortunately has very poor command of the english language. She potters about setting fire to the odd thing and narrating her life. Her dad randomly goes to the hospital on occasion and then comes back to shout a bit and talk about how good the bathtub is. Her dad then gets a bit sicker and we have to learn whether or not she can look after herself and daddy dearest. Annoyingly there isn't much more to say as that is pretty much all that happens.
This is going to be a pretty short review, just thought I would say that, you know flesh it out a bit coz I'm a proper writer now innit. The little girl in this film is brilliant. She is meant to be a six year old and as far as I know she is that age or not far off it and considering that she is a cracking little actress. The rest of the cast are also convincing as slightly backwater people with real problems and a real sense of community. Unfortunately the story is really quite dull, well I don't really mean dull in that I wasn't bored and was engaged with the characters, but nothing much really happened. It's one of those films that doesn't feel the need to have a start, middle and end with most of it at best being a hazy middle all the way through. I can't however say I didn't enjoy the acting, characters and the bathtub itself, almost a character on its own. Overall good aside from the lack of story.
Verdict: 3.5/5
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