LouEllen's love for Elvis Presley, and his music has always been an escape from her poor, and seemingly tragic, southern small town life, until it is tainted by an assault, and becomes the trigger for remembering that awful event, and instead becomes something she hates. In this story, 12 year old LouEllen is faced with coming to terms with what has happened to her, and her life, and learning, with the help of a trusted family friend, that you have the choice to suffer for life from it, or make something better of yourself because of it.
Grade: B-
This movie was pretty slow moving, and the title definitely holds strong, as that song was sung, or played, about every five minutes during this movie. Dakota Fanning plays this part beautifully, and it was heartbreaking to watch this little girl go through, and survive so many hardships in her life, only to culminate with her own personal loss of innocence. Yet, she still was able to land on her feet, and make such an awful event less horrific through her love of music. This is a good watch, definitely not a family movie.
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