The Secret Path
Movie • 1999
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A young girl stuck in a horrific cycle of familial violence finds the power to build her own future from the place she least suspected in an inspiring tale of friendship and devotion starring Ossie Davis and Della Reese, and directed by Bruce Pittman. For years Jo Ann Foley (Madeline Zima) has suffered under the cruel hand of her ruthless grandfather. A chance meeting with kindly neighbors Honey (Reese) and her husband Too Tall (Davis) finds things looking up, however, as the nurturing couple provides Jo Ann with the support needed to break free of her grandfather's tyrannical grip. As the future lies before her ready to be molded however she sees fit, Jo Ann must now find the courage to let go of the past and seek the redemption needed to start life anew.
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The grandpa favors Bobby over Joe Ann and he abuses her regularly
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Jo anne gets a black eye
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The grandpa is abusive
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I'd say it is, more bittersweet I guess
(SPOILER BELOW)
Honey and the elderly black man is emplied to have passed away at the very end
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Honey and the elderly black man is emplied to have passed away at the very end
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Mother is implied to be a prostitute but it's not explicitly stated or shown. The grandpa makes Joe Ann, once she got a little older, go to a joint where says "don't let any of em touch you now" but nothing happens
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Neglected is a better way to say it
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Iamasimpforinosuke
Quite a bit as this is what the movie is based around
Bobby, after being thrown off the horse carriage, calls the elderly black man the word in a derogatory manner. The grandpa says to Joe Ann "You've been hanging out with those -insert word-." Then, Joe Ann calls Honey the word but didn't mean it in a bad way (Mainly bc of poor living conditions and she apologizes not even 5 minutes later). Honey says it after she comes back in a way to tell her what word hurt her more.
The grandpa calls Honey "n---a woman" at the front door twice and Joe Ann's mother says it once when talking to Joe Ann in the bed, Joe Ann defends Honey by saying "Her name is Honey." While visibly angry
Bobby, after being thrown off the horse carriage, calls the elderly black man the word in a derogatory manner. The grandpa says to Joe Ann "You've been hanging out with those -insert word-." Then, Joe Ann calls Honey the word but didn't mean it in a bad way (Mainly bc of poor living conditions and she apologizes not even 5 minutes later). Honey says it after she comes back in a way to tell her what word hurt her more.
The grandpa calls Honey "n---a woman" at the front door twice and Joe Ann's mother says it once when talking to Joe Ann in the bed, Joe Ann defends Honey by saying "Her name is Honey." While visibly angry
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Beginning of the movie
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Brief but then the bully is beaten up
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Not in a stalkerish or creepy way
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Based around Christianity
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Iamasimpforinosuke
Movie was made on 1999, a few years before the towers fell
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Screams and yells mostly
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Iamasimpforinosuke
After Joe Ann kissed Paul, Bobby gets into a fight with him, Bobby stabs him in the shoulder but he lives and is treated by Honey
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