![]() But holding it together is the great performance by Melissa Leo, who won an Oscar for best supporting actress in The Fighter, 2010. ![]() The ten year old Pakistani boy is typically precocious, doesn't eat meat, ice-cream or anything 'normal' at all. There's a load of implausibilities to contend with too and writer/director Travis Fine mixes every modern directorial cliché in the book at it. She then attempts to try and connect the boy with his father - and connect with the kid herself, but culture and religious clashes hinder at every turn. A fed-up mature air steward who has a habit of speaking her mind gets stuck with the boy when the plane is emergency grounded after the attacks. He also works in a restaurant at the Top of the World Trade Centre. A Muslim Pakistani taxi driver sends his ten year old to LA on a plane, on Sept 11. ![]() At first I found the time and setting rather manipulative and possibly distasteful - why bring back yet more flashbacks and memories of 9/11 - and just for the sake of a rather mawkish drama. Currently on Sky Movies Premier, I thought I'd give this a try. ![]()
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