My Guardian Angel (2016) Reviews

• Love Holly Jacobson's Hannah/Angel

  soggydeadgirl2016-06-26

  Excuse me for being wrong, but I liked My Guardian Angel. Yes, they had a story that could've turned into such a better movie. Should I pick apart the acting? Holly Jacobson did a great job as Hannah/Angel. The people portraying the wholly evil parents seemed to both over act and under act all in the same scene. Their acts of torture perpetrated upon our poor heroine make us want to do them in forthwith, but they linger on and their tortures get, not wait for it, LESS painful as the movie progresses. Now, neither of them has any redeeming qualities to keep them from the bowls of Hell, with the possible exception of the "mom" preventing dad from molesting Hannah. It is implied that he had gone after Angel just prior to her suicide, but she is not going to let him have Hannah. I get the impression it is more out of jealousy than Hannah's well-being, but saves Hannah that particular torture. Hannah is a nice kid, especially when you realize all the hell she has been through. Too nice to serve up some cold retribution to ol' mom and dad. But Angel has no such short comings. Angel takes up residence in Hannah's body so she is dual booted Hannah and Angel. Angel handles business. One more criticism. Hannah and Angel are supposed to be 11, not Holly Jacobson was what 12 when she made it? Why don't adult directors ever ask kids how a particular scene would go, but NOoooo, so we get a kid acting as an adult portraying a child because that's what the writer wrote and the director directed. Then need to go back to school I won't blame anyone for not liking this movie.

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• Good British TV movie

  jahntardis2016-09-14

  This thriller was more like a Drama its about an 11 year old girl named Hannah who is diagnosed with Autism and coping with her sister Angel's suicide from the mistreatment of their parents abuse. Angel couldn't cope with her parents physical and mental attacks so she hung herself. Now Hannah is getting the same treatment. The acting and dialogue from the lead child actor Holly Jacobson who played Hannah & Angel is superb and for most of the movie Hannah doesn't speak because of non-verbal autism. As Angel she is assertive and confident - Angel doesn't have autism btw. The Actor Petra Bryant who played Elena the teachers assistant was well acted too. The mother and father acting seemed out of balance to me if a little forced it was very sadistic behavior from them. I liked this movie because I connected with the character who was bullied at school and autistic at school too, thankfully i had great parents. If you hate violence towards a minor i would advise to take caution when watching because it is very disturbing. Good film.

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• It had potential but...

  shreeree2016-06-05

  I gave this movie 6 because of the great acting of the lead child actor playing Hanna/Angel. Why I would put this at a 4 as a film is because of the sadism towards the child that makes for uncomfortable viewing; but it could just be me. I've never been one for the "torture" style form of horror that seem to be so popular like in the "Saw" series or the "Hostel" series. These films don't scare me,they just make me angry, especially when in most cases the victims waste time screaming and crying and less time fighting. I feel that when the antagonist is as physically human as you are, you fight! It's a given you're going to die so you go down making it hard on them and try to take them with you so they won't hurt anyone else, ever. I would like to think there could never be parents this horrid, however sadly I've seen and read enough "True crime" to know this isn't the case. As much time as it take these parents to "pretend" to be great parent they could use it to actually become better parents to this child or give her up. But no, you get a sense they perv off mistreating this autistic child. The abuse goes on too long in my opinion before things start to turn around. I suppose it would have been a 30 minute short film if they hadn't drawn it out because this is the crux of the matter. It's the sadistic abuse that draws the twin name "Angel" who committed suicide for the same reason her sister is now contemplating it to take over in hopes of making the parents pay. This is what the film is about. Period. I don't know if this film would have worked in America with the way our Child Protective Services is. These days you sneeze too hard on your kid the kid call child services or tell a teacher and you have them beating on your door. Thank goodness her teacher saw things as they were. I wondered if her parents were trashy and poor would the school administrator been more convinced of Hanna's abuse regardless of what showed on the surface. You would think with one kid committing suicide so young, they would already be on the social service speed dial list to watch over the effects and possibility that being a "twin" she could be just as acceptable to that form of escapism even if it's over the loss of her sister. I can honestly say I've seen much worse in the horror genre; so please give it a go, and form you own opinion. I yawned at least twice while watching it, so don't do so if you are tired or sleepy, unless you're looking for a slow pace film that you don't care if you fall asleep on but if you do, it's something you can finish later.

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• Behave or I'll get mother

  nogodnomasters2017-11-19

  This is a simple story of an autistic girl (Holly Jacobson) who is abused by her parents. She hears voices that tell her to do bad things, things which she ignores. She is mute by choice and is befriended by a special teacher (Petra Bryant) who sees there is something wrong at home. This is a film with few surprises. It is a low budget project by Mumtaz Yildirimlar who wrote, produced, directed, composed, edited and most likely served cookies between shots. The reason why I gave the film 10 stars was the convincing performance of Holly Jacobson, whose moves, eyes, and twitches were unnerving if not uncomfortable. I wouldn't be surprised if the role didn't messed her up for the rest of her life. This is what a low budget horror should look and sound like. Note: there was no idiotic demonic voice enhancer. Guide: F-word. No sex or nudity.

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• Don't waste your time

  davidbreton-908152018-09-22

  27 minutes in and felt awful what a crap film I would rather have watched paint dry