
A small-town nurse named Susette Kelo emerges as the reluctant leader of her working-class neighbors in their struggle to save their homes from political and corporate interests bent on seizing the land and handing it over to Pfizer Corporation. Susette's battle goes all the way to the US Supreme Court and the controversial 5-4 decision in Kelo vs. City of New London gave government officials the power to bulldoze a neighborhood for the benefit of a multibillion-dollar corpor... (Full plot summary below)
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A small-town nurse named Susette Kelo emerges as the reluctant leader of her working-class neighbors in their struggle to save their homes from political and corporate interests bent on seizing the land and handing it over to Pfizer Corporation. Susette's battle goes all the way to the US Supreme Court and the controversial 5-4 decision in Kelo vs. City of New London gave government officials the power to bulldoze a neighborhood for the benefit of a multibillion-dollar corporation. The decision outraged Americans across the political spectrum, and that passion fueled reforms that helped curb eminent domain abuse.
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| Blu-ray.comBrian OrndorfThere's a television movie feel to "House," but messages on spirit and community remain vividly detailed by Balaker, who seeks to create a war cry for injustice with the feature. |
| HollywoodInToto.comChristian TotoLittle Pink House is a message movie that doesn't condescend to its blue-collar heroes. |
| Minneapolis Star TribuneColin CovertThe film tells the history-making conflict in terms that are personal, down to earth and utterly relatable. Writer/director Courtney Balaker draws the ideal amount of individual conflict to balance the ongoing court battles. |
| East Bay ExpressKelly VanceIn the footsteps of Silkwood and countless other underdog sagas, the unfailingly cogent and gratifyingly pertinent Little Pink House tells the true story of one woman's courageous struggle against powerful forces... |
| Reeling ReviewsLaura Clifford...the film artlessly shuttles back and forth between its David and Goliath as if on a timer |
| San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleMuch of the success of Little Pink House comes from the casting and the performance of Catherine Keener, an actress that has, simultaneously, an aura of glumness and an atmosphere of fun about her. |
| One Guy's OpinionFrank SwietekHas its heart in the right place, but it fails to rise much beyond issue-oriented movie-of-the-week quality. |
| New York ObserverRex ReedIt’s a good story, but too slow-moving for its own good. The cast works diligently, and Keener is scrappy but calm throughout, with a convincing naturalism as a woman with tremendous strength and a powerful belief in civil rights—at a time when most women were reluctant to speak out against political corruption. |
| National ReviewKyle SmithThe writer-director Courtney Moorehead Balaker is painstaking about the various tricks government uses to adapt the rule of law to its own desires. |
| The Hollywood ReporterStephen FarberLittle Pink House brings urgency to a fascinating, underexplored theme. |