shadrach be not my favorite type of movie . i find it overly sentimental and the acting be below par . harvey keitel and andie macdowell be good but some of the other actor weren not at all believable . i also do not believe that paul parent would go away and leave him with the dabney family and especially when they have a housekeeper living in the home . their social class be too far apart to consider this believable . it seem the dabney lifestyle be too exaggerated . there be a scene in the beginning of the movie that show andie macdowell get out of a car after have sex with someone . who be it . her son . what be the scene suppose to show u . why be the scene even include . it have nothing to do with the rest of the movie and be in fact never allude to again . it seem gratuitous and not fit into the story at all . there be too many inconsistency in the movie for me . the story concern shadrach be nice but i wasn not convince that the dabneys would have be a kind and generous a they be portray .