Clancy

Clancy is a film that really had me torn. It got just too sad and too sentimental and the character that Christina Fourgnie played was way too much a Pollyanna considering all she went through.

Still there is something about this Christian based film that will get to you the way little Clancy Miller gets to homeless Gulf War veteran Jefferson Moore.

Young Fourgnie leaves her drug and alcohol abusing mother and runs away and meets up with Director/Writer/Lead Actor of the film Jefferson Moore. The mother who barely acknowledged her existence while she was home sounds the general alarm when she runs away .

James Bailey the mayor of the small town and his police commissioner Tom Luce see possibilities here for a political coup for the mayor who is up for re-election. Now this part is most real because I've seen some bottom feeding politicians pull stuff like what these two try to pull and worse. For them it's a political disaster and it ends in tragedy.

The performances that Fourgnie and Moore give are quite good and they have decent chemistry. Still Fourgnie's character is a bit much to swallow.

This movie will bring you to tears, but it is all about God and how much love a person has for someone they didn't know

As an individual endeavoring to pursue a Christian lifestyle toward (hopefully) true and effective discipleship to Jesus Christ and who considers himself to be in the "final season" of his life I would recommend this film as a beneficial opportunity for self-examination. Though presented with different parental dynamics of dysfunctional relationship patterns I regard the severity of impact toward destructive self-behavior to be of similar magnitude. What tends to challenge my tendency toward skepticism about human behavior is the steadfastness of integrity and character that some people exhibit (Clancy in this case) through the trials and tribulations of this life. I followed an entirely different path commencing with confusion, loss of trust, fear, resentment and ultimately hatred and bitterness ("hardness of heart"), the affects of which I contend to this day in my walk with the Lord (Forgiveness but yet accountability for one's actions and choices). As with life, the ending may not be what we would have preferred but I appreciate the provocative elements of this films for the stimulation to my cerebral considerations about what I am going to do in response to life's confrontations and challenges.

I loved the movie, it was simple but a clean family film. I shed tears and think more people need to watch films like this.

I have seen Perfect Stranger, Another Perfect Stranger and now Clancy. I knew from the beginning if I saw Jefferson Moore's name attached to it that it would be a very good, wholesome, uplifting movie. I have yet to be disappointed by one of his films. The young girl who plays Clancy is such a breath of fresh air and brings so much to the movie. I love Nick's character (you can't judge a book by it's cover-which sometimes we do)and Clancy her character's innocence and sweet non-judgmental nature towards everyone she meets is just so infectious. I love how she unabashedly prays to Jesus before her meals and going to bed. Yet again the Kelly Works crew has outdone itself. A very good redemptive family film...definitely worth watching...this movie will touch you and lift you up. Gwen/Texas :-)