Instruct: Classify Amazon reviews into positive or negative sentiment
Query: Try Children of a Lesser God instead

I respect this movie for the message it tried to send, but I believe it was put together poorly. The movie began very well but the middle really lagged. I enjoyed that they portrayed the hearing-impaired teenager as inhabiting a "normal" life but really he was a spoiled brat who couldn't get his way. The quality of the sound and picture of this movie were not very good and the acting was poor. It is odd that this movie is based on a true story because I find it very hard to believe that the kid's deafness didn't effect him more. Try another movie; perhaps children of a lesser god; it's a love story, a coming of age story, and you'll be glad you put it in the dvd player instead of choices.