Middle Of Nowhere [DVD + Digital]

This a heartfelt movie that shouldn't be missed. The subject matter will hit home for many people. You don't have to be the wife of someone imprisoned to understand the drama and ups and downs that come with any long-term relationship. I'm not and don't know anyone who has ever been to jail but I still enjoyed the movie. The script nicely balanced the loyalty people have to their spouses with the loyalty they have to the rest of their family and, ultimately, to themselves.The characters are very believable and the acting is first-rate. David Oyelowo (who is the lead role in Selma (2015)) is wonderful as is the female lead (Emayatzy Corinealdi), whom I'd never seen before. I love how the director did not have to use any cursing or sex (only implied) or drugs to convey a very powerful message. Middle of Nowhere is really a gem!

Powerful drama is about people realize their emotions the conflicts that arise in social situations. This movie is about people, this movie is not about buildings car chases or suspense. This movie is about people.

And to think I wasn't even going to watch this movie because I thought it was just another low budget, badly acted waste of time. Boy was I wrong. This is the kind of engaging stories we need more of! The family dynamic was so captivating. Everyone who loves to delve into dysfunctional family drama this is the movie for you. Omari Hardwicke was superb and believable. It was well worth the money. I always love it when I'm wrong about a movie.

This is a very nice and interesting movie by the then up and coming Ava Duverney. The story and execution were interesting and not predictable.

4****, lethargic ending. Last 20 minutes lost the connection to the movie. Good quality up to then. I know so little about this but I do know a little bit about it. I started an organization to write letters to prisoners to give them hope and found out that prison was it own type of university. Lots of women's groups set up to write incarcerated people, men particularly, and end up realizing that their group was ill-equiped to make a difference for guy behind bards. But I put together a plan, a day by day plan, for this one guy that was getting out of prison trying to show him that he has to have a schedule for everything hour he is out of prison in order to reset his life to a goal. Sute, it didn't work out. The guy gout out of jprison in Oct. and went back in March. He blamed me, he said, because I was not there every step of the way. I let him know that I was "help" not co-dependent. I had sense enough to know not to be pulled into his quicksand while I tried to save him from it. So. Instead of him using that research and information I used it for my own life. I found out that I needed "saving" myself.I say from the start he was trying to rise to "afford" her and give her what he thought she deserved. I say if he got out of prison he would repeat the behavior trying to give her an RN, a-could-be-doctor what he thought she deserved while she wanted a good, hardworking man to be in her life and comfortable to be there because they loved each other. So, did she marry beneath her? Not at first, but he made it so. He made it an issue.After he got his final letter from her he likely stayed in prison or went right back when he got out and that is the same kind of emotion he had in the beginning that got him in prison. And that makes him really sad. And that makes the only thing really sad. Some men go to prison and straighten up and fly right because they want to, because want it for themselves, because they went there once but do everything they need to do not to go back. (And yes, the system ain't right.) But billions of people live and do everything they can not to get caught up in the system. ---MO

Very good. It shows how hard it is when your spouse is in jail. You are doing the time as well. Your life is effected by their choices. I was a wife of a frequent flyer to jail and it took its toll on me. I wish I had found the strength she did to let him do his time by himself. Anywho. The movie is phenomanal.

I loved this story. I couldn't stop watching it.

This film gets 5 stars from me, hands down! Such a refreshing turn from most of today's shows that star black women. Full of heart, compelling dialogue, and relatable characters. Going to watch it again with my three teenage daughters.Slight spoiler: That surely was one hell of a kiss!