Beautifully Broken Review

Beautifully Broken, while not without its flaws, was a compelling true story drama. This movie is about a family of refugees from Rwanda and how their life intersected with two other families. Benjamin A. Onyango gives a great performance. His character is by far the most compelling part of the movie. Scott Winters gives an okay performance. He has a few great moments, but a lot of his performance is cheesy. Emily Hahn gives a really good performance. Not all of her moments work, but she has the best moment in the whole movie. All the other performances are very mediocre but watchable. Eric Welch’s direction is serviceable. However, some of the editing choices are downright terrible. The script has some cheesy moments, but overall has a good plot with characters I cared about. At 108 minutes the pacing moves fairly well only occasionally dragging. Overall Beautifully Broken, while not perfect, was a compelling true story with good characters.
6/10