The charismatic young actress has eyes that promise something like wisdom or at least an intelligent consideration, 'there's a there, there' if you will eyes which seem to indicate she's seen more than her twenty one years belie. When Wolf (Tatanka Means) tells Davey 'You have a beautiful smile Tiger but sad eyes', he could be talking to Holland herself. The most memorable 'thing' to come out of the film has to be her luminous talent, carrying the film in the key role of Davey. Willa Holland stars as Davey in Tiger Eyesīut where Lawrence Blume really got it right is Willa Holland. Whether the film overused the song device - I think there were at least three times where we see Davey riding in a car, one of the pop tunes playing over - I leave to the fans the film is geared to. Tierney's loving looks at the New Mexico landscape made me forget I hate the desert and the way he lights Willa Holland's extraordinary face - if at times a little too reliant on it - brings our focus to the wealth of emotional content she has to share.īlume also got it right in the music department I hardly think I'm the target market (ya romances like this are a guilty pleasure, yes?) but my inner child bopped a bit to the anxst-y emo-ridden score, including songs from Michelle Branch. With only a couple of million dollars to spend, he gets it right by making smart choices like hiring Seamus Tierney (happythankyoumoreplease) as cinematographer. The film captures the mystery of New Mexico's landscapeįrom the opening shot of Davey, on the beach at Atlantic City, the sound of waves crashing and seagulls squawking gradually replaced by the first of several songs which play throughout, he gets it right. Blume's twitter account that Blume is so in love with her son's rendition, he never has to buy another Mother's Day present. I have a feeling though, judging from Ms. Let me be clear I don't know for certain that he got it right in terms of the book since I haven't read it (sorry, Judy!) but he certainly got it right as a film.

Thankfully, Lawrence Blume was sensitive sensitive to getting the film version of his famous mother's book right. It would have been easy for Tiger Eyes to become a soapy mess less sensitive direction could have landed the ya movie, with its heightened emotions, in glorified after school special land. Lawrence Blume and Willa on location in New Mexico Wishing I could articulate my thoughts as eloquently as Peter Travis did in Rolling Stone alas ~ Here Davey is befriended by a young man who helps her find the strength to carry on and conquer her fears. After Davey's father is killed in a hold-up, she and her mother and younger brother visit relatives in New Mexico.

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