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“No, we stayed away from the parks!” is a common answer I find myself reciting to the obvious question, “What parks did you go to?” when we return from a visit to Orlando. I love Disney, but there are so many other things to do at Disney World besides the parks that satisfy our Disney World fix!

This movie was made about Florida, you could probably make a similar one in every large community, including the one where I live in Texas.We don't always feel the need to go into one of the four theme parks when we're in Orlando.

Much of the movie is hard to watch because we understand that, even though this is fiction, it mirrors reality very closely. Bobby is on a tall ladder painting, quickly jumps into action and prevents what might have become an ugly situation and muscles the man away. There is also a short scene with little kids playing and an older man approaches them. He is perhaps the only father figure Halley ever had. He clearly gets frustrated with the antics of the kids, and always having to remind Halley that the week's rent is due, but he also has a soft heart for all of them. In a good role for him Willem Dafoe is Bobby, the manager of the motel. She finds a variety of ways, some legal, to make money each week. As probably most would do in a strictly survival mode her actions stray way off the line of good morality and her mouth is filthy as they come. The writer says she would have had her daughter when she was perhaps only 15 and has had to figure out how to keep a roof over their heads. To me the real star is first time actress Bria Vinaite as Halley, a single mom with a daughter maybe 6 or 7. Overall a fine effort, made to bring to light the plight of the near homeless, those families living in cheap motels in the Florida area near Disney World. This little movie has similarities, in fact some scenes were filmed using a phone, the writer/director rewrote some of the story during filming, and was the editor. Back in 1992 writer/director Robert Rodriguez as writer/director/editor gave us 'El Mariachi' made for a mere $7000. The writer/director mentions in the DVD extras that he is a long time fan of the old 'Little Rascal' films and making this movie his focus similarly was on the kids and what they do during the summer without supervision. My wife and I watched this movie at home on DVD from our public library.

Safe at home disney magic kingdoms quest