My review "Echo Valley"

This movie was wonderfully reviewed on my friend's status. The review compelled me to download it, but then I didn't have the time to watch it, so when I went through the downloaded movies on my list, I came across this movie. I said to myself, "This is the right time," and I embarked on the journey of seeing this movie.

The plot

"Echo Valley" tells the story of Kate, who works as a horse trainer on her farm, the Echo Valley. Kate's wife died in an accident, so she finds herself struggling to manage the operations of the farm. Kate seeks financial support from her ex-husband Richard, but he refuses to invest any further in the farm because it isn't yielding a profit.

Richard blames Kate for squandering his money on their daughter Claire, who is a drug addict and has been in and out of rehab. One day, Claire returned home to her mother, but their reunion was interrupted when Claire's boyfriend showed up at the doorstep.

The two had a conversation, which later ended in an argument, which led to Claire leaving the house with her boyfriend, Ryan. After a few days, Claire showed up at the farm again with blood all over her body. Kate asked her whose blood was on her body, and she lied that it was her boyfriend's, Ryan.

A mother who is seeking to protect her daughter from going to jail disposed of the body in a Lake. Kate came back home and reassured Claire that everything was going to be okay, that she had disposed of the body.

Jackie, "someone who Claire owes money to," came to the farm looking for Kate to inform her of the body that was disposed of in the lake, and threatened to report to the police. Jackie manipulated Kate by laundering money from her.

One day Jackie came to the farm and asked Kate to burn the entire barns and give him the money. A lot of things are happening in the movies, like different plot twists, which would make you stay glued to your screen all through the movie. I'm gonna rate this movie an 8/10

My Review

First, I'm gonna focus my attention on the motherly love that was fully present in the movie, which shows how mothers would go the extra mile to ensure that their offspring don't get into trouble. They would rather get themselves into that trouble than let their children experience the consequences of the trouble.

At one point, Claire said, Ryan told her that her mother would do anything for her, which is why he asked her to take the body to her house and tell her mother about it. Indeed, mothers have unconditional love for their children.

I hear people saying the mother was enabling her daughter, I'm not gonna agree with that because parental love hits differently. The movie was incredible, I didn't regret the minutes spent seeing it, it was worth every bit of my time that was spent. The storytelling was fantastic and well-paced, and it kept me engaged all through the movie. Images are screenshots from my phone. I'm gonna rate this movie an 8/10

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