barbosa-vicki I finally got around to watching this movie on DVD and am enchanted with it. Unlike most Christian-themed movies, it is not preachy; it just tells the story of Hannah, a teenager who has to deal with the shattering circumstances of her birth. I recommend it for anyone who has been involved in any way with an abortion, or is considering an abortion.It deals with pain, heartbreak, healing, forgiveness and love in a gentle yet compelling way. The actors do a splendid job. I never cry at movies, but found myself doing so while watching this one. Yet it leaves the viewer at the end with hope and inspiration.It's a beautiful movie and does indeed convey that every life is beautiful and worthy of being treasured.

phd_travel This movie about a young woman who finds out she is adopted and goes to find her birth mother. This is the most irritating and slow moving movie ever made. The central character is so rude and ungrateful and annoying. Instead of being grateful that 2 loving parents chose to adopt her and give her a wonderful life, she acts out, is terribly rude to them and just makes a total nuisance of her as she goes on her quest. Meanwhile she also breaks up a guy and his girlfriend. The only feel good part of this movie was when her birth mother rejects her.The story doesn't progress well and the dialog is bad. The romance between the central characters is awkward and they don't have chemistry. Probably because the casting is no good. The girls are too pretty for the guys.Don't watch it - a total waste of time.

Shanker R I was channel surfing a few days ago, and bumped into October Baby. "Oh no, not another teen angst movie", was my initial thought. But I lingered for awhile, and boy, am I glad I did! What a powerful story that impresses upon us the power of forgiveness - with none of the usual over the top scripts that come out of Hollywood. What a breath of fresh air, especially when we live in days of fascination with Hollywood induced "art" - more sex, violence, foul language, vampires/zombies to no end or what Brad & Angelina are up to next. What the movie gives us instead are honest performances, hardly any clichés. It endorses the importance of family - something that I think the western part of the globe is treading further & further away from. It stories like this that help us to have hope; it might be understated, but it gets you where it needs to - your convictions.

patriciasmsantos This movie annoyed me for two reasons.The first one is the movie in itself: the script, the acting... it's just not good. The main character is pitiful in more than one way and where drama was supposed to grip me (and let me just say that I am a crier) I just felt awkward about the acting and about the storytelling that wasn't nearly good enough to get me involved.The second reason is that for the most part of the movie I was angry at its clearly pro-life message. It is erroneous and deceiving. It is demeaning to women in general and it makes an effort to seem forgiving when, in fact, it is blaming and judging women who make the incredibly hard decision to have an abortion.So, look, if you're pro-choice, don't come within a 500 meter range of this... err... movie. If you're against abortion, I recommend that you order a better movie to support your cause next time. Madonna's "Papa don't preach" is better structured than this. I guess there's also a conclusion there.Happy movie-watching, everyone!