What do you say to someone who recommended a movie you ended up disliking?
Someone recommended a movie to me and told me I just HAD to watch it so we could talk about it. No Letting Go. The story was okay but the actors were horrible, the lines very cheesy (and I mean almost worse than plenty of Lifetime movies I've seen) and the whole thing was just hokey. One of the few highlights was "Fig" from Orange is the New Black was in it and she knew her lines.
I'm not going to tell my friend I thought it was bad and maybe there's a way to talk about the plot but short of that, I don't want her movie recommendations anymore. 
It gets good reviews on Amazon but here's one I found from the LA Times online that sums it up:
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A family drama about mental illness in the very young, "No Letting Go" seeks to shed light on this issue through the story of Tim, the middle son of Catherine (Cheryl Allison) and Henry (Richard Burgi).
Catherine initially takes on the bulk of the burden tackling Tim's issues, but director Jonathan D. Bucari's film illustrates how his behavior radiates throughout his family, friends and community. A time jump from age 10 to 14 shows how these issues can persist for years, with many brushing it off as "a phase."
"No Letting Go" has all the subtlety of an after-school special, and the performances feel like they're from a public service announcement about mental illness. As wildly mercurial as Tim can be (he's played by David Schallipp and Noah Silverman), it's the parents who can be the most frustrating to the viewer as they are overly indulgent and seemingly unwilling to recognize their son's issues early on.
In typical PSA fashion, there's a dearth of subtext as characters spout platitudes about self-care and read poems about nature's therapeutic qualities to the tune of a treacly piano score. Kathy Najimy and "Spotlight's" Neal Huff are the easy standouts as the warm and insightful therapists who offer treatment. Clearly an important and relevant topic, one wishes the filmmaker had approached the subject with a better sense of nuance.
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it just didn't work for me. That's how I felt about La La Land 
Which is already two types of movies I can't stand - religious movies and super depressing movies. So after the party I happen to catch 5 minutes of it on HBO. What a piece of shit! The scene I saw - one character is trying to teach the other character how to literally walk on water. If that's what passes for entertainment in the Christian world, no wonder they hate Hollywood. 
