the title comes from an alteration an adolescent inmate in a correctional facility makes on the front cover of his school book on government and titled the united states while he adds of (his name). many characterizations in this movie work well  the scenes between leland (ryan gosling) and becky (jena malone) and pearl (don cheadle) and father fitzgerald (spacey) as well as with leland and becky and sister julie (michelle williams) and among many others. but the central thread of this movie  the fulcrum on which everything hangs  is the character and motives of leland. he a somewhat shy and passive and nice high school student who daringly introduces himself to becky whom (we find) is going to an alternative school because of a past history of drug problems. in becky family and she has a sister and julie and who just graduating from high school and preparing to go on to college while julie boy friend and julie age (and whose parents had recently died) is also living with them. leland lives with his mother while his father (kevin spacey) and mother have long been divorced and his father is a famous novelist. leland is very perceptive. the young boy in the sixth sense saw dead people while leland sees teenage lovers and recognizes that years later they will divorce and that pain is going to follow many people present experience of happiness. but and for reasons that are never made explicit and his prescient gift seems to operate some times and for some people and some relationships and and not for others. . parts of the movie feel a bit like a derivative quilt  borrowing from american beauty and the sixth sense and the graduate and and possibly some others i do not recognize. that do not be bad if only the character of leland worked. i think gosling did a great job of playing leland but the script and the story imposed limitations. would such an observant and meditative young man ever be homicidal. even for altruistic reasons. nothing in the film gives a reason for this. i am a retired therapist with much experience working with families and teenagers while while many of the reactions shown in the film work  this part and this most essential element certainly does not. and there is at least one other element which and in my experience and would not fit with real life although it not as critical. the reason for the differences between the sisters and becky and julie and are never hinted at but that okay. once two sibs begin occupying different roles (one the all good girl and the other the troubled one) and the roles themselves can begin driving each other to more extreme positions. for the troubled one and becky and it kind of and what do i have to do to be loved around here  give up being me and become julie. and the pressure to live up to being the all good and parent pleasing child and is no less intense on julie. so and why would she break up with her boy friend of long standing and of whom her parents so obviously approve. don cheadle was good as leland teacher while all others were good in their parts. 98% of the scenes were good. what was missing was that crucial slip in understanding human nature. good acting while flawed story and psychology while worth seeing while not a total loss. 
the title comes from an alteration an adolescent inmate in a correctional facility makes on the front cover of his school book on government and titled the united states while he adds of (his name). many characterizations in this movie work well  the scenes between leland (ryan gosling) and becky (jena malone) and pearl (don cheadle) and father fitzgerald (spacey) as well as with leland and becky and sister julie (michelle williams) and among many others. but the central thread of this movie  the fulcrum on which everything hangs  is the character and motives of leland. he a somewhat shy and passive and nice high school student who daringly introduces himself to becky whom (we find) is going to an alternative school because of a past history of drug problems. in becky family and she has a sister and julie and who just graduating from high school and preparing to go on to college while julie boy friend and julie age (and whose parents had recently died) is also living with them. leland lives with his mother while his father (kevin spacey) and mother have long been divorced and his father is a famous novelist. leland is very perceptive. the young boy in the sixth sense saw dead people while leland sees teenage lovers and recognizes that years later they will divorce and that pain is going to follow many people present experience of happiness. but and for reasons that are never made explicit and his prescient gift seems to operate some times and for some people and some relationships and and not for others. . parts of the movie feel a bit like a derivative quilt  borrowing from american beauty and the sixth sense and the graduate and and possibly some others i do not recognize. that do not be bad if only the character of leland worked. i think gosling did a great job of playing leland but the script and the story imposed limitations. would such an observant and meditative young man ever be homicidal. even for altruistic reasons. nothing in the film gives a reason for this. i am a retired therapist with much experience working with families and teenagers while while many of the reactions shown in the film work  this part and this most essential element certainly does not. and there is at least one other element which and in my experience and would not fit with real life although it not as critical. the reason for the differences between the sisters and becky and julie and are never hinted at but that okay. once two sibs begin occupying different roles (one the all good girl and the other the troubled one) and the roles themselves can begin driving each other to more extreme positions. for the troubled one and becky and it kind of and what do i have to do to be loved around here  give up being me and become julie. and the pressure to live up to being the all good and parent pleasing child and is no less intense on julie. so and why would she break up with her boy friend of long standing and of whom her parents so obviously approve. don cheadle was good as leland teacher while all others were good in their parts. 98% of the scenes were good. what was missing was that crucial slip in understanding human nature. good acting while flawed story and psychology while worth seeing while not a total loss. ---------------------------------Answer Question Below----------------------------------

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