Pray for Rain

source: Pray for Rain

This is a perfect example of how low the standard of movie making have become and how high the insults to movie viewers have risen. This is not only a boring and predictable plot, but the acting is too. Then there's the writing skill or lack of it. No need for cgi or green screens. All you need to see are empty brown fields that show the bias present in this OC movie. Skip this one star waste using a past has-been actress or future wannabees. Go watch a real movie even if you have to rent it. I suggest it be the opposite and be rich in content and quality. A good example would be Ben Hur with Charleston Heston, Logan's Run, or In Harm's Way with John Wayne.

This is not a Denzel Washington movie. It is an engaging drama. The beginning was a little flat and familiar, but I enjoyed the plot twists. I did not see it as having any political message, but I can see how people with that predisposition may think it does.

This movie remined me very much of the Pelican Brief and I found it compelling and entertaining. I was cheering for the heroine the entire time hoping and praying she would discover the truth and that others would believe her and that the evil forces would be overcome. Some actions she took were very gutsy and I wouldn't do them, but the results led to the positive outcomes. Even though there was some violence that could have gotten much worse, I am glad it didn't -- extra points for being family friendly!

Hollywood is often accused of being too "pro environment" but this film took the opposite turn, telling major lies about the root causes of drought in overpopulated California, including a scene where someone claims the Delta Smelt is more plentiful (it's actually facing extinction) and they only want a small percentage of the water held back for it. The bigger picture is that the Smelt is an indicator species for overall delta water health. not just "some fish," and California has long been a semi-desert where crops should not be grown in many places. As the human population gets bigger, things just worsen (basic math). Framing environmental protection for fish as an evil cover for developers is a mindless plot device. The decent looking lead actress is the main thing worth watching here.

I can not remember a film when I was so aware of the actors acting everything was so stilted, I say acting I have wooden furniture which can show a greater range of emotions than the leading actress. Netflix must be hoovering up content because this is a made for afternoon TV. There are more plot holes than Swiss cheese at one point when she enters the environmentalists office a woman thanks her for saving her, I will be honest it hardly kept my full attention but I could not recall the scene, I take it, it ended up on the editors floor where the rest of this film should have ended up. There was so much to dislike in the film but what was going on with the colour? watching it you discover what being colour blind feels like, everything seems dulled down. So it was funded by a corporation which wanted to present plucky chiselled chinned farmers against evil environmentalists. So gangs of blokes are allowed to burn, kill, threaten rape, use intimidation to force money or sell up and the local sheriff never thinks I need help to the lightbulb moment and he calls the FBI. At the end the reporter working in a vibrant job in New York gives up to live in a dust bowl. Dross is being kind and so is 1 star.

In fist 5 minutes you see a man halfway under a tractor wheel. May be disturbing to some viewers.

Things in the story just lame. It's not scary or strong story line, as well as the acting of those actors... none bring up my interest.

No typo there, both works in a way. This is run of the mill sort of. There are obstacles and drama, but you know where this is going and I wouldn't fault the actors too much, not because I think they are great, but just because the core material does not give them much to play around with. Again the story is very simple and easy to follow. You may like that or you may be annoyed by it. Whatever the case, this is not rough around the edges even if it gets violent from time to time and a bit "dangerous". So a TV movie of the week and it knows what it is. Also there have been worse movies than this particular one. Also nice to see some of the actors like Jane Seymour. Other than that, just don't expect much

I think it's rather insulting for movie lovers and Netflix subscribers to release this and call it a "movie". The acting was so bad. The actors we're trying to act like acting. So bad it almost made me laugh. Oh and those awful terrible plastic soundeffects, man. It just left me wandering how this is possible to be released. Skipped it through and then turned it off.