US Drama
120 min.
The Inevitable Defeat of
Mister and Pete
takes one on a heart-rending journey following the story of two boys of drug
addict mothers in the projects of Brooklyn. Fourteen-year-old Mister (Skylan
Brooks) and nine-year-old Pete (Ethan Dizon) fend for themselves when Mister's
mother (Jennifer Hudson) is booked for drugs. They survive the heat of the
summer and forage for food in the most creative ways while avoiding detection by
the NY child protective services. When Pete gets ill Mister is at his wits end
and longs for his mother's care and support.
A
brilliant and emotionally charged script brings the viewer into the lives of
these vulnerable yet indomitable young boys who show that the human spirit can
survive even the most devastating of circumstances. It makes one question, “How
can the human spirit survive such tragedy?” There is such a deep need in the
human soul to love and be loved. So much so that it will not give up so easily.
These two boys felt the deprivation of their mothers’ love. When Pete asks
Mister, “Is it OK not to love your mom?” Mister replies, “You can’t help but to
love her but you don’t have to like her.” This scene ripped at my heart and all
I could think of was the passage from Isaiah that says, “Can a woman forget her
nursing child, or show no compassion for the child of her womb? Even these may
forget, yet I will not forget you” (Is. 49:15). It also raises our social
justice antennas toward the poverty of so many children in our cities and that
no one should face survival in this world alone, especially the children.
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