2009 · drama · music · coming-of-age
The Greatest
Directed by Shana Feste1h 39m2009
Teenagers Rose and Bennett were in love, and then a car crash claimed Bennett's life. He left behind a grieving mother, father and younger brother, and Rose was left all alone. She has no family to turn to for support, so when she finds out she's pregnant, she winds up at the Brewer's door. She needs their help, and although they can't quite admit it, they each need her so they can begin to heal.
Our read: The Greatest (2009) reads as a sombre, measured, grounded drama · music · coming-of-age entry — gentle in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Sombre, measured, gentle drama / music, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, measured.
- sombre
- measured
- intimate
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