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Actor: Brooklyn Sudano, Cheryl Tanner, Faye Dunaway, Robert LoggiaBrand: Uni
Cinematographer: Craig DiBona
Editor: Robert Reitano
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 105 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2007-05-29
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: Code Black Ent
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DVD Review: Drizzle
Summary: 1 Stars
As many V.C. Andrews fans know, this is based on the book of the same name. The book wasn't all that great, in my opinion. It was written by Andrew Neiderman, the ghost writer for V.C. Andrews (V.C.A. has been dead now for 20 years). Neiderman also wrote the screenplay for this movie. I feel he butchered his own story, and the story wasn't all that wonderful to begin with. Many fans will know that even the book was a retread of previous series he wrote under V.C. Andrews name, only with a black lead character. I say this so everybody knows the history behind this movie. I do not recommend the book if you haven't read it.
This movie was of poor quality. It didn't have much of a point. The point was pretty much how Rain rises to the top and pleases the rich grandma she never knew she had until recently. This is supposed to be emotionally affecting because Rain's of mixed race and comes from a poor background. Her grandmother's white and wealthy. I found the message simplistic, actually. There have been movies that have carried off such a message well. This one doesn't. It just doesn't try hard enough at all to get you invested in the characters. This movie could have been a whole lot better. A movie can be cliche and still have a twist or enough heart to keep you hooked. This movie doesn't even manage that. Here's the basic plot:
Rain finds out she's adopted, then her sister is murdered by gang members and her life is in danger so she has to live with her real grandmother. Her grandmother looks down on her at first, but then she starts to warm to her when she sees what great posture she has and how nicely she dresses. She's also polite and well-behaved. Rain is musically inclined so Grandma enrolls her in a music school. Meanwhile, the gang members are trying to hunt Rain down.
Then there's Corbette; he's the big man on campus, so we're told, and he's interested in Rain. They do a duet together but beyond that, nothing happens between them. His character has the charm of a piece of cardboard. Like most of the characters, he was only in the movie because he was in the book. His character was completely altered. What little personality he possessed on the page, gone. As for Rain, I think we could have been made to care about her more.
I found the scene where Rain proves her knowledge of Hamlet to her snobby classmates to be incredibly obnoxious. But I think it was in the book too. It was a classic triumph of the underdog moment. And not very emotionally affecting. Her teacher says how the play is about more than a murder and looks to her to back the statement up. And she goes on to say how the story deals with "life and love". She could have at least said something a little more profound if they were going to make a big thing about how smart she is. Seriously. Teacher: "What did you think about The Great Gatsby?" Student: Wonderful book about life and love. Teacher: "What did you think about Anna Karenina?" Student: Oh, it made me question what I'd always believed about life and love." Come on. The audience deserves a better answer than that.
Now for the acting. Some of the actors did poorly, some were passable. Most of this is the fault of what they were given to work with.
And now for those who read the book:
Brody and Alison were completely taken out. Victoria comes and goes, basically to show her disapproval of Rain and that's all. She was literally in the movie just to be in the movie. She was only in the movie for a total of about five or so minutes, divided up between two or three scenes. She could have easily been cut out of the movie and it wouldn't have affected the plot at all. There's no real depth given to any of the characters. They just show up, play their little role and that's it.
All traces of incest were taken out, which is not a bad thing at all. The incest didn't really serve any purpose in the book, after all. It was only in the book because that's what people have come to expect of anything under the V.C. Andrews logo.
Edit: As for the prequel that comes with the movie, I hear it's in booklet form, and only 48 pages long (though the type is allegedly small.) I'm not sure if it still comes with the movie or not, since it is now a year or so later. Maybe. I don't know.
Edit II: I will say this. I think Neiderman did the best he possibly could with his own material. I imagine it's hard to fill the shoes of another writer, and just as hard to adapt your own book for the screen. So I feel like I should give him a break. That said, my sympathy does not make this a good movie.
Description of Rain
RAIN is the story of a 19-year old African American girl who lives in the inner city projects with her younger sister, her older brother and their mother. Her sister becomes involved with gang members, is drugged at a party and then sexually explicit photos are taken of her and used for blackmail. Rain tries to intervene but is unsuccessful and ultimately witnesses her sister's murder; thus becoming a threat to the gang leader. Rain?s mother secretly contacts what turns out to be Rain's real mother who is white. Rain?s biological mother reluctantly agrees to protect her and Rain is placed in the home of her grandmother, a wealthy white woman. Rain is placed in a private boarding school for the gifted which culminates into Rain's emergence as a talented singer and musician.Bestsellers in DVD
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