while i can understand some of the point make regard the cinematography ( i think a more purposeful approach would have well support the low fi and home movie feel ) i must say that i think the script and acting of what alice find be excellent . dean bell have craft a real gem that judith ivey charm with character drive delight . her performance of sandra be a pleasure unfolding and alternately and a diabolical and romantic . we be at once intrigue and repulse by her action . and never give more information than be necessary . her and the support cast effort meet bell post modern fairy tale with arm wide open . emily grace alice be infuse with a doey eyed magic . she seem to mold like clay before u and morph into some sort of beautiful and lose beast . by the end and we be at odds with word and a she be and say goodbye to her mother . kudos also should be doled out to jane lincoln taylor whose mother provide the right amount of tragic historic weight and justin parkinson whose shy first time john and sam and provide one of the sweet and if not most awkward and sex scene in film . bell have create a first rate story and assemble a plethora of talent to make it .