The Interrupters

Saw The Interrupters (Thanks, Nina!) It was very gritty and sad. I kept retreating into super-intellectualizing everything to avoid the enormous sadness of a few good people struggling against an entrenched cycle of violence. It's not all sadness though. They struggle with some good success (an 80% success rate is quoted somewhere.) Ameena Mathews in particular is an absolute delight to watch. She obviously cares so deeply and is a tigress when she needs to be. I love her. The kids they deal with though are heartbreaking. It takes months of work and then they save one kid. Cue montage of stuffed-animal roadside monuments to teenage victims of gang-violence. Tough going.

Good, tough movie.