Flutter (2014)

One of the worst movies I've seen this year. The story is terrible: a mother raising his son in the worst way. The movie wants to depict the mother character as strong and independent but it fails completely. I really don't know what the director wanted to say but it shows his characters as completely ignorant, lazy and stupid. A father abandoning his family and the mother does nothing with her life but complaint. And it's not like she's alone, she has the support of her father in law but she prefers doing nothing. Instead she is lazy and dirty, she doesn't clean the house or work for money they need. She prefers to be a bum and grow weed. That's supposed to be the heroin of the movie. The child character is unlikable (and a terrible actor just to add to the mix). He has nine years but looks like eleven. His behavior is like a little kindergarten boy. Out of the blue he decides to destroy things giving no explanation. That's where the movie fails. We never know the motives of the characters doings. Why do they act like that? The grandma is under develop and there are some parts of the story that are not well done like the marijuana medicine or the pig story. And the worst part is that it ends like it began, with nothing, no conclusion. Horrible movie, avoid it.

Loved the characters and story very much. This little destructive boy is amazing and he is a great actor.Loved the use of directing and color as well.I have not seen a lot of films with strong moms being a core concept but this is a good one.Though I did not cry it did get to me and make me sad.Love the pig so much and all of the scenes with the boy. His imagination is fantastic too and the animation is amazing for those scenes.Good drama because it is funny effective but does not pull punches. Things are treated as realistic and not glamorous.

It kind of scares me that people think this movie is a testament to love. Letting a kid be an impulsive, destructive brat is not what being a mother is about, and it isn't love, it's just wimping out. Children need a parental figure to guide and teach them, build character and caring, not just passively observe and tolerate! He's a child, not a pet! I raised kids alone with a garden to feed us and money from odd jobs I could do while they were at school. We didn't have stuff, but we had love and respect for each other and didn't worry about them destroying the house if I wasn't looking! Life can be tough, but I didn't really need a depressing saga with unlikeable characters(besides the grandfather)to drive it home.

I really thought I would like this movie, but I didn't. The mother and son characters are very unlikable. Each had his own challenges and I kept waiting for them to start to overcome them. Lordy. Painful to watch a terrible, lazy, inept mother raise a completely thoughtless, undisciplined son. Just because you're poor doesn't have to mean you're filthy and stupid. Where was this mother's effort to earn money in a meaningful way. Or to raise a child in a happy but at least minimally structured way? Utter fail. Very little redeeming values to the characters. I thought this was supposed to be about a strong mother? Don't bother with this one. It will leave you frustrated.