We need more movies like this that shine a light on the injustice in the system instead of all the glamor one sees at the academy awards. These are much more important than those.

Foster boy was so good. This young man stayed in 14 foster homes and suffered rape, being beaten, put in cage. He was so brave to sue and be so emotionally stable to take this step. I love the fact that the lawyer and young man learned from each other and helped improve both lives. Young man received $32 million in damages.I am going to watch movie again. So brave and smart.

@chumzysamuel6207

Ай бұрын

You just said it all👏🏾

@Scotty2-rescue

Ай бұрын

6

@doreen1128

25 күн бұрын

💯 you said it! Watching a second time right now 👌🏻🤍🌷

@leattaleake8756

11 күн бұрын

Unfortunately, the 32 million that he was awarded probably was not received because the company could afford to keep this in court for years. The owner of the company said wait for a while it’ll die down and then we will hit them so we know that they’re gonna fight back. Jamal might be awarded some of the money but I bet he never ever saw the 32 million.

@GeorgeCarr-ee1yk

11 күн бұрын

AMAZING ❤

Such a deep movie. So many children go unheard by adults that refuse to listen. I will ALWAYS be the voice fighting for them! Every child deserves a loving safe home.

@artisthusnatalal3099

17 күн бұрын

Keep doing the good 👍

@leattaleake8756

11 күн бұрын

Absolutely every child deserves a loving safe home. My daughter is a social worker and she’s just starting out in this work. I am super sad to say that in a few years after seeing all the bad out there that she’s going to be disillusioned. Right now she’s fighting for the kids and I mean she is a kid person. I hope it stays this way.

As a foster MaMa of 26 years this broke my heart… I just can’t fathom the abuse and cruelty that precious and vulnerable children are subjected to at the very hands of those entrusted to care… We have received broken little people into our home , broken from the very system they were placed in to … It takes years to gently peel back the layers and rebuild… Countless hours I have cried and prayed with every fibre of my being that our love will help heal the wounds. I love every precious one as my own .

@kaymanning6429

Ай бұрын

God bless you.

@ribeninua2874

Ай бұрын

God bless you..

@ivavulaj

Ай бұрын

God bless you ❤

@jude1515

Ай бұрын

You are a good person and I’m sure the children you foster realize this.❤️🙏🏼

@williamsb19

Ай бұрын

God will continue to Bless you and your household.❤

I cant believe the comments!! The seriousness of this subject seems to be overlooked, abusive power over minors which happens in every country to many kids. The scars are very real and everlasting...this movie made me weep. A former foster child here and alot of our stories would make you sleep with the lights on and give you night terrors

@spinrash6000

Ай бұрын

Sorry for what you endured. I hope you’re getting help. Sadly we will never forget it’s terror in our sleep

@jasanders5877

Ай бұрын

Thinking of you 🤗. I have been THERE, it's tough. SADLY most people just don't CARE 😮😱, AS Long as it's not them 😳😭. Bless you, ( I've sworn off American movies, exactly because of the nasty comments people make I only watch British DRAMA'S. But, I still send you best wishes Mon Ami, take care 🌺💯

@jasanders5877

Ай бұрын

ACTUALLY look up Benidorm, if nothing else 🤔 it might help you smile 😅 Very funny, especially season 1-3. Good luck 🙏

@joannegoldberg9853

Ай бұрын

God's blessings, love & peace (eventually))in Jesus name. To you and all children that are being abused and the adults that survived it. Come, Lord Jesus come. 🙏🏾 🙌🏾☝🏾 🙌🏾 🙏🏾

@circletranch9642

Ай бұрын

Too bad, too sad, boo hoo.

Tried to foster. The system not only traumatized the kids but us as well. People even ADMITTED they had lied, retaliated against us didn't read case files, or were just plain biased WHILE ON THE WITNESS STAND! Took us 22, 000.00 dollars to get our niece and nephew OUT OF THE SYSTEM.

Shine the light on trafficking and abuse

@DennisSmock.

Ай бұрын

???

@UnknownHomie

3 күн бұрын

They shine the light on it all the time, but it just kept getting pushed back under the carpet because nobody cares seems like 90% of human beings are perverts

A beautiful masterpiece..So glad he got the justice he deserves 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

Matthew modine is excellent in this, as is the Guy who played Jamal. Outstanding.

@cjones3702

Ай бұрын

The judge was excellent.

@lorenzoclark3616

12 күн бұрын

@@cjones3702 Yes, may he R.I.P ~~LOUIS GOSSETT Jr

I am sitting here in Zimbabwe Africa with tears pouring down my cheeks. What a touching, frightening, insightful movie. The written facts at the end really push home what terrible things are happening out there. So touching and a really good movie....eish

@rojamillerover

Ай бұрын

How I miss Zimbabwe. And l agree with you, so many injustice out there especially to foster children. It’s so sad that no one has been held accountable

Love that Judge. Mr. Trainor: "Your honor, my practice is confined to corporate litigation . . ." Judge: "Well, unconfine it." Me: 😅😂😅😂😅😅😂😂

@traceyrogers120

Ай бұрын

Yep I loved that also 🥰

@abrm31222

Ай бұрын

Mr. Louis Gossett, youv'e made your mark on mankind May you find Favor in the next dimension..R.I.P.

@tinacampbell6227

Ай бұрын

No one hears the silent tears of children and of the abused. You don't have to be a foster child to have experience abuse while you were a child. ,, as adults we often face abuse and cruelty. Racism causes PTSD but it's the 21st century the year of Our Lord 2024 and every day because of the color of our skin we face microaggression and racial discrimination and blatant racism. While this movie may be hard to watch adults Behavior towards a child. We are hard-pressed to take a look in the mirror as adults and the type of pain inflicted on adults that causes abuse funneled down to children innocent children. Someday we're going to all have to face the judgement bar of the creator and give an account.🎉 adult monsters are created.😮

@doreen1128

Ай бұрын

Excellent 😅🌷👊🏻

@barbaraturnis

24 күн бұрын

Amen!!!!

Heartbreaking 💔. What a crooked, despicable, disgusting, deplorable evil world we’re in!

This is actually happening in real life. So sad that so many crimes have been committed against foster children

My wife and I have 2 foster kids and treats them as our own. What we do for our own two boys, we exactly do the same for them. We don't differentiate.

@Paul_Wasonga

Ай бұрын

May God bless you

@leattaleake8756

11 күн бұрын

Kudos to you and your wife, sir. This is only human decency and should be the way that all children are treated, but unfortunately not all people are like that. Lots of people are just in it for the money. Lots of people don’t think of children as people. They think of them as a possession and something that they can boss around and control. This movie made me cry and cry because I know that Jamal‘s not the only kid out there who suffered at the hands of adults or other children in the home because people weren’t observant enough.

The system continuously fail because of a dollar amount. Monetary is more important to them than the life of a child. This movie was very emotional for me but in the end a $32M settlement put a big smile on my face.

@circletranch9642

Ай бұрын

Sorry, but I think $1000 would have been too much. Boo hoo, boo hoo.

Absolutely an excellent movie!!! There are a lot of great foster families out there. But it deeply concerns me of the abusive ones where the foster child has no say and therefore the intense anger just builds up inside of them and no one hears their silent screams.

@marycooper8385

Ай бұрын

Excellent movie 5 stars

@lindaleeb1559

Ай бұрын

I know that for a fact!😢

@FOX007-um1wr

15 күн бұрын

That is scary especially to the bright child who is being abused by his/her real parent/parents and they have a good understanding of the foster care system. Your basically asking the kid to take a chance and stay with the abusive parents, or take a gamble in the foster system. Maybe it will be good, or maybe it would be worse than what you already have. Sad situation.

A wonderful, wonderful movie!!! Very well done!! So I guess this is true about our foster care system?! And my son got to be in foster care a very short while up in Alaska!!! And thank the Lord that he had a wonderful foster couple, a Hispanic fellow, married to a white, Caucasian gal!! And they were wonderful!! Thank you too the main actor here or the two main actors!! The fellow who played the lawyer, and the young man who played Jamal!!! And all the other great actors and actresses!!! This was very emotional and very well done! Thank you to the Director and everybody else who supported all this behind the scenes also!! You are all to be commended!!!! ❤

I'm a mother and seeing this broke my heart,humans are heartless and they is a special place in hell for people who commit such act on innocent children

Lou Gosset Junior is the judge. He was a great actor.Rip Lou.

Great movie about foster care and the abuse that don't get reported. The public have to do their part...see it report it, you suspect something report it, hear something report it, child behaviour change report it, child start talking different report it. We need to do our part.

@oholm09

Ай бұрын

R.i.p louis Gossett jr

Mr. Trainer was a great and convincing lawyer!!❤

Great movie. Thanks for being an advocate for our abused kids in foster system.

This was a very difficult decision for me to make on viewing this movie coming from actual life experience as a ward of the state. Having to go through most of what he went through I had to walk away from the movie while still listening to it because it was painful knowing it actually happened to me. “Well produced film from start to finish “

@crazy8PL

Ай бұрын

I’m so sorry you went through that 💔

@cobycuzzocrea9142

Ай бұрын

😢 I am Right there with u

@TheRobynbrown

Ай бұрын

My heart goes out to you, I hope you are very very proud of yourself for surviving such terrible trauma, xxx

@debihester7284

Ай бұрын

I’m so sorry. Jesus loves you dear, turn to Him. He cares 😊

@barbarakramer1436

11 күн бұрын

Jesus is the only one who can heal you and give you a live of purpose and meaning and peace

What a wonderful movie. There are probably many children in the world that are not treated fairly in foster care and thanks to those that really care.

@leetau8429

Ай бұрын

definately, im one and nobody listens, like Jamal was told, you are lucky to have a home but a home is way more than a house

Justice Matters "We the People By the People For the People, With Liberty and Justice for All "

Now that I can type my message without tears flowing down my face I will type. This movie touched my Heart so hard until I just wanted to jump into the movie and hold that young Man that had known nothing but pain all of his live and tell him " no one will ever hurt you again". "I got you my Son" Thanks for a Blessing of a movie of truth. Amen.

@circletranch9642

Ай бұрын

Sorry, I just wanted to retch - the movie was so cliches.

@sallymoore7415

Ай бұрын

@@circletranch9642you have NO ❤

@rosajones2539

Ай бұрын

Amen. I felt the same you did. I just wanted to hold him and nuture him and let him know that he is loved , protected and cared for without abusing him. God help children who are abused. 😢😢😢😢 this broke 💔 my heart.

@JospherOkoth

Ай бұрын

Ii​@@rosajones2539

So sad , so very sad to know that this happens within the system . Greedy despicable people do obscene things for money and destroy innocent lives .

@jacquelinephillips1331

Ай бұрын

I agree you are absolutely correct!

I was in foster care until I was 10 years old. Then I was put in an orphanage for 16 months before being adopted.

For all the children that are in foster care now I would say probably half of them don't really need to be. I've seen the system with my own eyes go into healthy families and pull their families apart by the seams. I've seen them with my own eyes destroyed children innocent children. The whole system is corrupt and needs brought down.

The man on the jet, I'm assuming they will fill bankruptcy just to get out of paying. This is the sad part of the American way

Welfare has too much power and foster parents don't get checked up on nearly enough. No accountability in the system hardly at all

Great movie! The plot, acting and direction are really good. Thank you!

Diese schrecklichen Tatsachen passieren WELTWEIT, und die meisten Menschen schauen einfach weg. Amazing Mowie thanks

🔥 Wonderful story line, great acting and a light up of a corrupted people that only cares about the money.

Thank you for uploading this movie. I am not an American. I am a West Indian, in the Caribbean, i am now 54 years old now. And i am a living testament of sime of what this story is all about. 😢😢😢 Thank you ❤ 🙏

Love 💕 and kindness Thank you for this important movie

Brilliant movie. 2 unlikelys brought togeather to tell a story. A story to shock, and compassion to learn the truth. The system has its flaws, but it can be fixed.

I cried😥 then look at my child and cried harder😭

This is an outstanding movie, I highly recommend it! It’s not what you think it is, it’s better! Very Good A++

i dont understand why kids in foster care are given to bad people there are good families out there . id love to do foster care but because i cant afford to put new prettier flooring in three rooms and remodel my working bath room my house wont qualify even though its a livable home.. and id have to take a class for several months that isnt in my town i wouldnt qualify with out and who knows if they would even approve me at 45 years old. totally stupid because ive raised 3 kids of my own, 1 of my nieces for 5 years, taken care of countless number of children through the years while my kids were growing up and am now watching my granddaughter off and on when my daughter has to work and will be a grand ma to 2 other grand kids this year without any classes. so its ok to be a parent to a child with out classes but not foster a child with out classes. um excuse me i would take care of foster child just fine like they were my own. to many whoops to jump through for most that is one reason so many kids stuck in group homes ect when they could be with a loving family .

@yvonnenayiga2632

Ай бұрын

Bless you

@mapitsithamaga-xn3oi

Ай бұрын

You are so kind

Outstanding. So good to see justice being done.

If at all possible, take care of your babies. The loving, caring, nurturing foster homes are the exception. This movie depicts what happens in the majority of them. Any horrible, disgusting, lowdown thing you can imagine, the devil has already done it. We are not ignorant of Satan's devices 🙏!!!

@user-lv1vc5kw6z

Ай бұрын

The loving nurturing foster homes are few and far between. The good ones usually only take babies. I was seven when I went in care and I never got any nurturing. I only dreamt about it.

A truly fantastic movie which highlights the abuse within some of the foster systems and the financial gain for those involved. The victims are the children, the silent ones, who are usually too frightened to tell the truth for fear of further punishment or abuse. A sad indictment of our times!

Okay, like I Totally Cried like a baby while watching this film 😢 This Is Real!!! Grab some Tissues before watching 😢

@bozm9961

Ай бұрын

So did I, its even more painful when one feels helpless to help.

Very good story and excellent acting by Jamal - to find the right parents for foster care cant be easy but the system obviously needs cleaning up.

What an absolutely much needed movie.... ❤ there was something for all of us to learn by.... loved it!

Excellent movie. Great court room story. I love it.

Ive met enough foster care people to know this case is not so uncommon...even real parents are unseen...the trauma they inflict

The bald lawyer is an extremely good actor. I hate his guts. I would be no good in a courtroom my temper would out me.

Brought back so many memories when I was in foster care

Wow! Almost didn't watch this but so pleased I did! I imagine the system is bent but for the few good ones intent on doing good by the ones in their care and not just for the dosh. Thank god for those 🤗💕

Justice prevailed. Brilliant movie.

What a great movie!... Thanks to the super good actors. Hope, courage, trusting , love etc... are so evident.This movie should be seen with everybody.

Very good movie. Good script, good acting good everything

Loving that Judge…excellent.

Oh my, poor child, what he went threw, its sick.

Incredible movie. This should b aired on natl TV as a help and warning ! Foster care is obviously necessary but needs gvmt inervention and a detailed clearinghouse, restrictions, laws and much investigation. This "cleaning up" process would giv addl US citizens some jobs. This movie was a poignant story but necessary education. It was brilliantly performed. Very impressive. I was glued to the screen. So very happy with the successful ending and hope many culprits wer placed in prison. 🙏 🤞 TU UT !

Loved this movie..very inspirational... glad for the boy.

This movie literally made me cry😢

Wow! Absolutely nice movie😊😊😊😊. At least there is still true law on earth for the abused children abandoned by their irresponsible parents.

@leetau8429

Ай бұрын

these children dont all come from irresponsible parents!! Some are orphaned, some come from parents with mental health issues hitting them after their childrens births...I wont keep listing the reasons that kids are put into foster care but there are definately more than irresponsible parents.

Excellent movie, the corruption is a disgrace. Unfortunately, big money will always win. Cheers Rosemary Western Australia 73yrs

@lauradsouza1345

Ай бұрын

God always wins. God bless 🙏

Violence and sexual abuse in state care is real and raw

Wasn't expecting such an amazing story! Loved it💟

great watch very intense a case thats international cast exellent

This is so heartbreaking. Jamal did not deserve any of this. None of those kids did because of her. thank God, he got some justice, though in the end and his lawyer done an awesome job after he started believing the ending was the best.

Great movie.

Brought me to tears,😢😢 best movie

So touching indeed 😢

Excellent movie!

The story is brutal and gripping. If u understand the legal system, it's a bit frustrating bc there's so many things off

What a pain.... my God

I bypassed this movie a dozen times or more.. then Saturday morning decided to watch it . What a great and satisfying movie it is. So was the message. Thanks for sharing. 🙏✌️💜💜💜💜🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

Mr Lawyer! Thank you for having faith in Jamal. Best Lawyer ever.

I was in the system and I had a horrible experience from bad abusive foster parents and their biological children (adults) but I'm still in contact with my foster sisters from my last home

Good movie. ❤

A very touching movie that is sadly the reality of some poor kid. May God love cover and protect these little ones from the demons that lie in wait to destroy them. Sadly, society seems to be unaware of their plight or just blatantly ignores what is going on in these "safe" places. We are our brothers keeper. May God help us all.

Thank you so much for posting this movie. I had never heard of it. The wonderful Matthew Modine was superb, as usual, as were the whole cast. Was so glad it just happened to pop up and I chose to watch it. It hit close to home for me. Far too many childhoods are stolen leaving broken, abused and ‘disposable’ lives ruined along the way. My blood was boiling and my heart breaking for Jamal & all the others like him. Hard to watch but a subject that needs to be exposed so much more. Great movie and much appreciated.😢💔

It's my second time to watch this movie coz I am fond of watching trials in court. This was a good movie to watch especially those running a foster homes.Pls.treat those foster children as your own child coz they also needs a true love & care which they didn't experienced from their own parents. I"m in tears watching this coz Jamal was been fostered 12x & suffered tremendous pain,hardly beaten, put into cage as if he's an animal but the worst experienced he had was when he was raped for 3 years & no action from the foster care. Thanks to his counsel who believes in him & to all the jurors who found the dependant guilty & asked to pay Jamal $32M.

Excellent movie. This is happening in our world today right before our eyes. Our children are being molested, and having vile things pushed into their lives and the people who are suppose to protect them but they are actually turning them over to the depraved evil people for profit and gain. Shame on the ones who are supposed to protect them !!!!! 😢😢😢😢😢

RIP Lou Gossett Jr. ❤️

Such a powerful, emotional film.. A strong lesson to be learned by all social workers out there! Who think they are doing the best for children when in fact they are only boosting their own egos! Not all are bad but in the end they have to do what they are told to do .. in the mean time millions of kids lives are being destroyed.. When will this system change????

Wow! I cried like a baby. I wasn't sure I was going to like this movie, as Matthew Modine has never been one of my favorites. Once I saw Louis Gosset Jr, I knew it would be a great one! What a powerful story this is. It had a tremendous affect on me. I have heard this type of thing goes on, but I guess I didn't want to believe it? My eyes have been opened WIDE! Thank you for this movie!

This was a powerful movie the young boy played his part and his attorney started out slow but showed who He was the whole cast Did a great job

There is alot that can be said about wroughting any Foster Care System, within any government run dept for children there will be abuse. Good movie that really does outline the greedy fat cats and how this system suits them admirably, often NEVER ANY SYSTEM THAT HAS POWERFUL WATCH DOGS to 'Serve and Protect'

Seen this movie before. Children's trust, the want to be accepted, to feel they are worth something. I was a child with Dyslexia , 365 days before even starting school, then when I went school and home again, to hear the words " how can I be so stupid, dumb" be it at home or in school. TODAY this problem is Known, but not accepted as a problem, nor testes. There are 1- to about 12 different forms. But education seems to be more interested in if the child feels more like a BOY or a Girl. to have Drag Queens come to read stories, Shame on the American Education system, and placements for Children. our so call future LEADERS, will the be ready to lead?

Thank 🎉God for the good judges n lawyers

How people view you is the way they treat you. Especially if you are poor . People will know that some authorians have shady ways on the job and their coworkers will just turn a blind eye. The children care system is broken , the mindset of the workers needs to change into caring ,skillful ways . The children are our future, nurture them the right way and our society will become one of productivity and success. Great show, it really touched my heart.

Excellent movie! A real eye opener to what's wrong with the fostering system!

This movie brought me to tears but a very interesting movie praying for that children every where are protected

Great movie! Glad justice was served although it can't erase the pain victims have endured mentally, emotionally and physically.

What a absolutely amazing movie Thank You

Was very touching. I was even crying. Teaches us alot of what happens with children and they are not able to express themselves when things like that happen. It totally destroys a child mentally and physically. Some people are just interested in the money. Thats why money is the root of all evil....😢

It’s Time, for Children Rights and not only Human Rights. They know exactly, what is good for them. For the Babies and the ones , who can’t talk jet. Real good mothers, should be speaking speaking for them. If they don’t get, special Children Rights. Children have more wisdom, than adults. They have an real open mind. Nothing will ever change.

Great movie, thank you.

My hometown Chicago. Lived there for 40 years. Had a wonderful life until it became too dangerous and criminally costly😢 My son and two grandchildren left in 2016. Still miss it, but that was a time long gone! ❣️🙏🇺🇲

Such an amazing story...

Excellent movie and great cast..this one caught me by surprise. As always, its the children who suffer the most. This wasnt all about the money from a settlement, its about uncovering the corruption within the system. There are some awesome foster parents in it that truly love and want to help children. Its the monsters behind the paperwork and the bad fosters that are only in it for profit that makes it bad. The agencies need to be checking on these kids more closely and monitor each situation. But that also takes extra staff and funding. If our govt can keep sending bilions to foreign countries and housing and feeding illegals then they should have enough to take care of our own children properly in our systens..

A very moving film. Abuse very realistically portrayed. All to real 😢

Excellent. Tear jerker

So sad he had to go thru this. You are priceless amazing positive strong. Kept your head up and help other by telling stony