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MOVIE REVIEW: Reparation

Building domestic suspense in poignant fashion and shifting between three eras, “Reparation” examines potent human flaws and plants them in small-town America with real-life consequences. This film doesn’t need a grandiose battlefield saga of hidden heroism to be the catalyst. This isn’t “American Sniper” and glossy hero worship. “Reparation” welcomes more intimate and jagged complications with authentic down-home realism and charm.

2015, 2016, 4 STARS, Film Festival, Independent Film, MOVIE REVIEWDon ShanahanSeptember 12, 2016The Wilmette TheatreReparation, Kyle Ham, The Wilmette Theatre, Chicago, Chicago premiere, Jon Huertas, Marc Menchaca, Virginia Newcomb, Drew Powell, Dale Dye Thomas, Brody Behr, Keith Szarabajka, The Activist, Steve Timm, Austin Film Festival, Breckenridge Film Festival, Julien Dubuque International Film Festival, Santa Fe Film Festival, River's Edge International Film Festival, Sedona International Film Festival, life lessons from films, life lessons from film, life lessons from movies, life lessons, Life lessons, film commentary, movie commentary, film review, movie review, independent films, indie film, Putnam County, Indiana, Don Shanah, Donald Shanahan, Don Shanahan, Greencastle, PTSD, Dissociative Amnesia, Dissociative disordersComment

ADVANCE GUEST CRITIC: Dumb and Dumber To

The point man on this advance "Guest Critic" review is her Tina's oldest son, Kerrick. He and his family reside in Bloomington, Indiana. He is 12-going-on-30, so you can imagine the kind of pre-teen handful he fashions himself to be for my friend Tina. He is too smart for his own good, but he backs it up. Kerrick is a band geek, an honor student, and probably types better than both Tina and I combined. I like his style.