Fully Alive Reviewed

The film was excellent! It was enjoyable but poignant and true-to-life. I was impressed with the work of the filmmaker understanding the limitations of equipment. The music selections were good and blended into the story without being obvious. At the end, I had tears in my eyes, and I'd already seen the script and knew the story line from talking to my daughter about what they did each day of filming. Still, it was powerful.

We enjoyed the premiere and getting to meet the people involved we had not already met. The "behind the scenes" footage was hilarious as were the bloopers. All-in-all, we had a great time. My daughter hopes to get to work on the next one, and it's in writing - after filming a foot chase in the Texas heat one afternoon for over 3 hours - the next filming will be in the winter!

An added benefit has been the increased communication between my daughter and me. The film took a lot of her focus this summer and the situations surrounding that allowed us to leap into other areas and talk a lot about things that really matter. It's been a blessing.