It's 1976, and Elizabeth is just your average suburban eleven-year-old praying for adolescence to arrive when she discovers her whole life has been a lie. With only her imagination to guide her, Elizabeth runs away in search of her true identity. Her adoptive mother Marion is then forced to break out of the carefully constructed "truth", to which she's been clinging, and go after her daughter. This leads to a cathartic cross-country trek by a mother searching for a daughter w... (Full plot summary below)
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It's 1976, and Elizabeth is just your average suburban eleven-year-old praying for adolescence to arrive when she discovers her whole life has been a lie. With only her imagination to guide her, Elizabeth runs away in search of her true identity. Her adoptive mother Marion is then forced to break out of the carefully constructed "truth", to which she's been clinging, and go after her daughter. This leads to a cathartic cross-country trek by a mother searching for a daughter who's searching for a mother, both of them really searching for themselves. This movie is a poignant, sometimes funny, very female, coming-of-age story that explores the tension between creating identity, and finding it within.
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| Toronto StarBruce DemaraThe Year My Mom Was Dolly Parton relies on a good but not great script, well-drawn characters and performances and a pleasant, fuzzy sense of a simpler time. |
| NOW TorontoNorman WilnerThere are a few good moments in The Year Dolly Parton Was My Mom, but you have to get past a lot of distractions to appreciate them. |
| Jam! MoviesLiz BraunA wonderfully low-key but engaging movie about identity. |
| eye WEEKLYJason AndersonUnfortunately, Johns' movie is less satisfying when it comes to matters not directly pertaining to Dolly Parton. |
| User ReviewAlexandra HI am not sure why tis movie got so many bad ratings, maybe because it does not cater to U.S American sensibilities or normal taste. I loved this movie the actors where great as was the whole 70's feel. |
| User ReviewPatrick GSuperbe film canadien, superbes acteurs et belle histoire... |
| User ReviewVance SThis movie will suck you in. Set in the 70's, it follows a young girl finding out she is adopted, slow start but give it 30 minutes, you won't be disappointed. |
| User ReviewJames A. MA heartwarming coming-of-age story about a Canadian girl looking for her identity, her voice and her biological mom. |
| User ReviewVicky GVery well done Canadian movie, just goes to show that Canada can make their own good movies, saddest part is that our own country and people don't want to support our own films. |
| User ReviewJohn DA wonderfully low-key but engaging movie about identity. |
