The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio

This screen adaptation never quite jells, veering from family drama to stale 50s consumer kitsch.

[Offers] an almost subversively idealistic subtext to a now-familiar ritual exposé of the American dream.

It makes for a nice Mother's Day card. But not enough for a complete movie.

No, for all the film's charms and pleasant disposition this drama can't help but come across like a made-for-cable Lifetime channel movie of the week.

Rarely do you have a movie in which both lead actors give Oscar-worthy performances, but Defiance, Ohio is one.

For once, a true story gets no romanticizing or needless embellishment to become a captivating movie.

It's a charming book and the movie is also good led by Julianne Moore's good performance

If you don't already know that Julianne Moore is one of our greatest living actors, this underseen film will prove it to you, as she takes a potential simp... and makes her dignified and inspiring.

Defiance, Where? Female Compliance Behind and Before The Camera

The script just dulls out.