SummaryA filmmaker (Diane Marshall-Green), reeling from the death of her famous father, falls down the rabbit hole of a charismatic homeless man (Chad Michael Murray) who becomes the subject of her latest documentary and her new love interest.
SummaryA filmmaker (Diane Marshall-Green), reeling from the death of her famous father, falls down the rabbit hole of a charismatic homeless man (Chad Michael Murray) who becomes the subject of her latest documentary and her new love interest.
Movies that dabble in homelessness, even movies about cute filmmakers who want to film and flirt with the homeless, require more commitment than this. No number of scenes featuring a nubile nude can countermand that.
Exploiting the serious issue of homelessness for the purpose of cheap romantic melodrama, Other People's Children squanders whatever potential it might have had.
Other People’s Children desperately wants to take a deep dive into a young woman’s pain and the solace of artistic expression. For that to happen, though, would require much better actors and a much smarter script.