That was an excellent one.

A Masterpiece!

The film makes a home in your brain and the only cure is to see it again.

This film is so real. It treats its characters with so much care and sensitivity.

SPOILER ALERT!!!!!This movie has a brilliant message that needs to be taken into consideration. This is a type of movie that makes you start to wonder, what are we really allowing ourselves to believe. Not necessarily To totally change our beliefs, but to consider the other side of our belief. That is what makes a great movie. There is a good and a bad side to everything and everyone, even religion. I think the most important message in this movie was that Sarah needed Jeremiah way more than Jeremiah needed Sarah, and sometimes it's good to switch it up a bit and say, "hey, the adult's are wrong this time." The symbolism was amazing as well.

I were in rage and anger so had to bite my tongue to get through to the end of this too overrated movie, the whole concept is blunt and do not get me wrong the acting was "OK". This film will go into the list of the worst films I have seen, and hope it will be the last in this category. The story does not seem to have any solidity to it, and the ideas brought forth are of course very unrealistic. This will most definitely go into the top three of the films that has made me this uneasy. Save yourself some happiness and watch something else unless you are into dark films with no grounding or are planning to get anything from the experience. (I have to get up to ten lines per text for this comment to be accepted so this is the reason for these last few lines, so please do not waste your precious time reading this as it is not supposed to be read. I am only trying to use up my minimum characters because I have nothing else to say about the film.)

This movie shows a boy being mentally abused by his mother, being dragged away from a possible good and normal life for no apparent reason than selfishness of the mother. Unlike the plot says, the mother is 23 at that moment. The boy is emerged in an adult world of sex and drugs, void of proper education or relationships with kids his own age. I love boys, and I couldn't watch this movie because of the abuse. I couldn't watch this boys life being destroyed. I kept asking myself: why isn't he seeing that his mother is a bitch and he doesn't belong with her? But that is not realistic. At seven (in the beginning) when your mother tells you lies like she does, he is helpless. Only at the end of the movie, after reading some more, I found out that this is based on a book based on the real life of the author. That makes the movie more bearable (you can think: well, it DID happen like that), but in fact only MORE painful. If you like boys, don't watch this movie. You won't like it. That being said, the acting of the boys was very good. If either reads this: thumbs up, you are great actors!

The Heart is Deceitful Above All Things is about a young boy dragged into a world of drugs, sex, and child abuse after his demented mother gains custody of him. That brief synopsis there is enough to drive most movie-goers away. I think this film is unfairly criticized by many as being an exploitive piece of garbage. It also gained a lot of controversy because the author of the book, JT Leroy, is a fake and fabricated everything in the book. Does that mean the book or the film are bad? No. It may not be the story of JT Leroy's life, but it's the story of many victims of child abuse and it's a story that needs to be told.During many parts of this film, it is very hard to watch. The child in this film is mentally and physically abused in one way or another throughout most of it. The film offers no hope or redemption for any of the characters. It is merely a glimpse into what one child's life is like who is constantly abused. And thus, it is utterly depressing. However, if Argento had changed the story to make it an easier to watch, I wouldn't respect the film as much.One critic called Argento's performance "fearless", which I absolutely agree with. She shifts, from scene to scene, from caring mother (her rarest moment), to crazy drug fiend, to a beautiful but completely uninterested, clueless mother. In scenes when she's not verbally or physically abusing her son, she tries to cheer him up (waving a stuffed bunny in his face) or even, though oblivious in how to treat a child, take care of him. She could have played it down, she could have been less vicious, but then she wouldn't have stayed true to the story. She did and her performance is scary, fearless, and in her best moments, heartbreaking.This film is NOT for everyone. I think the person going into the film should keep an open mind and, more importantly, have a strong stomach. Getting back to what I said earlier, I really feel some critics and film fans have criticized the film unfairly because of it's subject matter. However unnecessary and excessive some people think this film is, this is what it's like for many children in America and all throughout the world. It's a serious problem that needs to be dealt with. Will this film create anymore psycho parents? I doubt it. Will it raise awareness about the issue? I doubt it; it's a small, independent film shunned by many. It could, it has the possibility of it if people are willing to listen. It certainly does cover the issue enough; depicting child abuse in an unflinching, realistic way.Asia Argento went all out. She adapted, directed, and played the horrific, starring role of a film she probably knew wouldn't be well-received because of it's content. It's obvious that she cared about this project and I think it really comes through in the film, and I greatly admire her for it. 9/10.