I really enjoyed this movie. I thought that the plot of the child, Irwin, was sad, but also beautiful. Irwin is a very sick child who no one wants because he is not healthy. He is returned to the orphanage where he is the only child left. Everyone else in the town is leaving because the town is going to be turned into a lake. Even though Irwin is physically confined to his bed, his imagination works just fine. He dreams about meeting four angels who are looking for a missing angel, and he claims to be that missing angel. In his imagination he was fine physically and was looking for people who would love him and accept him. He has to prove to the four angels that he is in fact the missing angel so they will take him with them.
Because it is his imagination he is able to do things he can’t do in reality. He can walk, run, play and explore the world around him. In his imagination we never see him near a bed nor do we see any sign of weakness in him. Not only does he have the angels in his dreams, but there is also a strange giraffe-like creature, which would be the kind of animal one would expect in a child’s imagination.
As all this goes on in Irwin’s imagination, they are six men attempting to get the remaining residents in the town out. They were promised a new car and lakefront property if they were able to convince a certain number of people to leave. So, while most of the residents of Northfork are leaving, the priest stays and takes care of Irwin, who is dying.
I think the most poignant scene in this movie is the end, when Irwin passes away. It was very sad but at least the viewer knew that he no longer had to suffer any more. I also like to think that he went to heaven with the four other angels.
No comments:
Post a Comment