Fly Away

Name: Fly Away
Genre: Drama
Released: April 15, 2011
Duration: 85 min
Rating: 66

2011

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Summary: Jeanne has cared for Mandy since the day she was born, growing closer every day to a child who is charmingly offbeat one moment and nearly impossible to manage the next. In the dog park, Jeanne encounters Tom, an easygoing and accepting neighbor who sparks a romantic interest, but she finds juggling Mandy’s care and her own career leavesJeanne has cared for Mandy since the day she was born, growing closer every day to a child who is charmingly offbeat one moment and nearly impossible to manage the next. In the dog park, Jeanne encounters Tom, an easygoing and accepting neighbor who sparks a romantic interest, but she finds juggling Mandy’s care and her own career leaves little room for a new man. As the pressures of work and her child’s needs increase, she must decide whether or not to enroll Mandy in a therapeutic residential facility. Over the course of a few weeks, Jeanne is confronted with the most difficult decision a parent can make: to let go, allowing her child to grow, but also grow apart; or to hold on tight and fall together. (New Video)… Expand

Director: Janet Grillo

Genre(s): Drama

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 85 min

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Joe Leydon

Apr 15, 2011

Exceptional performances by two femme leads and sensitive but unsentimental storytelling throughout. Read full review

Jeannette Catsoulis

Apr 15, 2011

Taking a coolheaded approach to hot-button issues, Fly Away overcomes its neatly bow-tied ending with strong performances (including Greg Germann as a sensitive neighbor) and a spare, intelligent script. Read full review

Gary Goldstein

Apr 15, 2011

The lovely, heartbreaking Fly Away benefits from superb performances and a gripping story managed with simplicity and grace by writer-producer-director Janet Grillo. Read full review

Sheri Linden

Apr 19, 2011

Fly Away is an affecting portrait of a single mother and her severely autistic daughter. Read full review

Kyle Smith

Apr 15, 2011

Fly Away is more situation than story, though, and the Germann character's welcoming, almost saintly vibe doesn't fit. Read full review

Ernest Hardy

Apr 15, 2011

Fly Away could have been stronger if its antiseptic visual style, which anchors it in old-fashioned TV movie mode, had been more adventurous in shouldering some of the weight of depicting the emotional and psychic anguish of the story. Read full review

Elizabeth Weitzman

Apr 15, 2011

Rickards tries hard in a difficult role and Greg Germann offers nice support as an empathetic neighbor. But like her character, it's Broderick who keeps things from falling apart. Read full review

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