The Poker House (2008 R)

   The movie stars Jennifer Lawrence (The Beaver, XMen First Class), Selma Blair (The Sweetest Thing, In Good Company), David Alan Grier (Angles in the Outfield, Jumanji), Chloe Moretz (The Eye, Today You Die), Clark Peters (Treme tv, Legacy), Bokeem Woodbine (Devil, 3000 Miles to Graceland) and Sophia Bairley (Canvis, Black Oaisis).
   The plot of this movie is in the background.  Its more of a character study of a 14 year old girl and her two younger sisters.  The daughters live in the local drug house with there strung out prostitute mother.  The father is out of the pictue.  Lawrence, the 14 year old, carries this movie with some good characters in the background.
   The movie starts off strong that draws you in from the start.  Its good from the start.  There is good dialogue between the sisters.  While Lawrence carries the movie.  There is a good scene with the youngest sister and her best friends dad.  There is a good scene with a younger sister and two homeless guys returning bottles. 
   The dialogut when lawrence goes in to get her paycheck from rhe newspaper(?) is well written and the actos in this scene are interisting even though this is there only scene.  When Lawrence leaves the house after she is raped by a pimp is done well also. 
   The only character that stuck out as bad was the basketball coach, the other characters are all done well.  The only scene that sticks out as really bad is the scene where the sisters sing in the car.  The song is overused and who ever ownes the rights shoud not let it be used in any movies at least untill I have forgotten how many other movies it has been used in.  Ill let them know.  In the credits one of the actors is James Earl Jones II (maybe a grandson but could be a son I assume).
   Its directed by Lori Petty of Tank Girl (a movie that seems bad but I have never seen) and A League of There Own.
   Im ratng this movie as a B.  If you want to see an uplifting life afferming movie wath something else.  But this is a good movie that is worth seeing.  And while you are at it see A League of There Own.