This has got to be one of the LAMEST excuses EVER for a movie. It is not even worthy of TV time. SPOILER ALERT: Homeless girl on a tight budget and a junk car heads to Alaska. The car breaks down in Oregon. Girl tries to steal dog food because of said tight budget. Girl gets arrested and dog that was tied up while she was in jail goes missing. The ENTIRE movie was girl trying to retrieve her dog back while working with a security guard and the local pound. The girl finds dog and he is in a good foster home. She is broke because her car broke down so she leaves the dog in the new nice home with a nice backyard. Homeless girl walks down railroad tracks in defeat. The end. Painfully bad script. Save yourself and your money.

No, WENDY AND LISA is not the mindless, upbeat fantasy that most of the other reviewers seemed to expect that it would be (didn't they watch the preview?). Instead, it is a poignant and courageous examination of the grim economic conditions in a declining United States. Thank goodness that a few artists, such as the director of this movie and the actress Michelle Williams, can address these realities in a compassionate way, and thus take up for the impoverished, the homeless, and the disenfranchised...groups that the very people who dissed this movie may soon be joining. WAKE UP AMERICA, YOUR COUNTRY IS GONE.

Wendy and Lucy is an intimate look into the life of Wendy, even if it is just for a brief moment. We don't hear about the background story, and we don't find out what happens in her future, but we see a small moment of her life in the present. The movie itself seemed very realistic, which is rare in movies. The story seemed to have truth behind it and nothing was glamorized. By watching it, it felt as if I was experiencing everything that Wendy was experiencing but through my eyes rather than through my actions. It was a brutally honest and true look at being poor and lonely. Michelle Williams did a fantastic job portraying Wendy. Much of the movie was based on her facial expressions and emotions since it was mainly her being alone or interacting with her dog, Lucy. I'd recommend watching the film to experience the simple, yet engaging story.

This is a movie that haunted me. In the midst of an otherwise routine day, I would suddenly recall a moment from this subtle independent film and be struck by a deep sadness. The film, in fact, ends on a poignant but certainly not hopeless note. Michelle Williams' portrayal of Wendy, a young self-sufficient woman who nevertheless is rootless, is a very fine piece of acting; she inhabits the character fully and makes it her own. The film does contain certain dramatic narrative moments but its heart and soul are rooted in a beautiful, realization of a person, Wendy, and her relationship with her beloved canine, Lucy, and the world at large. It is also about knowing when to sacrifice one's own desires for the better of another person, or in this case, of a dog. All of the actors shine in this movie but it is front and center Michelle William's film and she does herself and the writer and director proud!

So far this is the one movie i've actually been waiting to see all year. I think it's gonna be a great film!!!!