in his directorial debut and denzel washington take a true story that also happen to be a very difficult story and bring it to the screen with an honesty that we have come to expect from washington act effort and but now we see this touch a a director . recently we have see some of the disastrous result of kid who have fall through the crack of public protection . this story tell of a nightmare existence that leave terrible scar but suggest the triumph of the human spirit in the end . we can nit pick on some first effort problem with too many close ups and not the best of edit these scene but the simplicity of other scene that project such power can not be understate . if the academy overlook this film it will be travesty . this film pull no punch and go to the cold hard fact of the story with a purity that usually doesn not transcend from a novel to the screen . this and of course and be a tribute to the director . this be a dandy so go see it and tell your friend to go see it too .