With respect for a yeoman's effort on Sandra Bullock's part,I have absolutely no regard for this film. I taught school from ages 8-18 for some 20 years. Five of those years were spent teaching highly advanced students. Nowhere will you find a child of this age (or even older) as sophisticated and flippant. She's a completely unattractive, poorly written, and blatantly contrived personality. I'm focusing on this aspect of the film, because a primary character (Bernice) is presented, who, by her very position in the story line, as well as her personal plight, should automatically evoke audience empathy. She absolutely doesn't, and creates exactly the opposite.

Also, the opening scene was such an obvious contrivance, designed to "cut to the chase."

In all honesty, I only watched half of the film. Would you like me to tell you what the second half was about? I guarantee that I could.