Review by SnoopyStyle

It's 2002. 12 year old Melody Brooks (Phoebe-Rae Taylor) cannot walk and cannot talk due to her cerebral palsy. She loves Friends and has Jennifer Aniston as her inner voice. She has always been in the special ed class with other handicap students of different ages and abilities. Her father (Luke Kirby) pushes to have her get into a regular grade six class although her overprotective mother (Rosemarie DeWitt) is more resistant. She has a complicated relationship with popular girl Rose Spencer.

There are some very compelling scenes with Melody's situation. The doctor test scene is the best one and the backing up scene is traumatizing. I am a little disappointed with the teacher. Maybe they should cast someone more Karen. It's a choice to make the teacher be that type but I accept it. Rose is complicated. I get the character, but the audience would want an additional character. Basically, we need one of the new characters to be more enlightened so that the audience can see through that person's eyes. It's definitely not the teacher nor Rose. The short smart kid should probably be that character, but he barely has two lines. This is one of those inspirational films although it is a little too uncomfortable at times. I do really like the lead actress and hope that she will get more chances in the future.