Losing Isaiah (1995) Khaila Was Wrong!

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  • Losing Isaiah is a 1995 American drama film starring Jessica Lange and Halle Berry, directed by Stephen Gyllenhaal. It is based on the novel of the same name by Seth Margolis. The screenplay is written by Naomi Foner Gyllenhaal. The original music score is composed by Mark Isham.
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  • @drummstickydd93
    @drummstickydd93 ปีที่แล้ว +258

    I remember getting cursed out as a kid when i said Halle should've lost Isaiah 🤣

    • @StruggleReviewzTV
      @StruggleReviewzTV  ปีที่แล้ว +40

      😂😂😂

    • @marianncollins3313
      @marianncollins3313 ปีที่แล้ว +59

      I’m screaming because I literally said the same thing and they read me for filth😩🤣

    • @TheYoli182
      @TheYoli182 ปีที่แล้ว +48

      I always felt that, Halle should've lost Isaiah. I never said due to backlash, I was sure I would receive.

    • @brandygee9954
      @brandygee9954 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      😫😭

    • @MKnight1121
      @MKnight1121 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Lol.

  • @franniefitts7484
    @franniefitts7484 ปีที่แล้ว +133

    At the very most - THE VERY MOST - she should have been given just visitation. Remorseful or not, she left him to die so she could get a fix. I understand she turned her life around and that's good for her, but it takes a lot to raise children, even when you're not fighting against an addiction. The best thing for Isaiah was not going back to live with his bio-mom just because she's Black. They should have done visitation and as the years passed, maybe it could have changed to joint custody where she could have him on the weekends and holidays.

    • @blufaerie
      @blufaerie ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Yup to visitation. She has to rebuild trust with Isaiah and they could have still had a good relationship.

  • @desic3274
    @desic3274 ปีที่แล้ว +138

    Lord! That little baby crying himself into exhaustion when he's taken away.😭😭😭

    • @sherrylatrice8733
      @sherrylatrice8733 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      That part always gets to me. 😢

    • @justme8201
      @justme8201 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      That's it, that's the one! 😭 💔

    • @cutup260
      @cutup260 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Only part I remember from watching this as a kid. That was so heartbreaking.

  • @ShebaTheMelaninatedQueen2663
    @ShebaTheMelaninatedQueen2663 ปีที่แล้ว +63

    I'm the same way girl I'm a firm believer just because we share the same skin don't make us kin

  • @lilmacpowe1511
    @lilmacpowe1511 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    Halle always losing them kids🤣🤣🤣

  • @recapswithmae
    @recapswithmae ปีที่แล้ว +22

    Marc John Jeffries deserved an award too, that scene with him crying😢😢

  • @sherrylatrice8733
    @sherrylatrice8733 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    Your imitation of Kyla high out of her mind singing in the store while stealing took me out! 😂

    • @evaharris6450
      @evaharris6450 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      lol right decision for lil boy by FAR.
      Great film, always watch when on or most of it, great great ending.

  • @feliciakenny5152
    @feliciakenny5152 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    I watched this movie right after I gave birth to my daughter 26 years ago and I cried when they gave him back to her

  • @AndreAsunte
    @AndreAsunte ปีที่แล้ว +26

    If Halle had been thinking about Isaiah, she would have approached Jessica first (yes,I will be using their real names 😂😂) and asked to come around as a family friend and get to know him, and them, first before they all decided when and how to tell him who she really is. She really does owe Jessica for keeping her son alive in the first place.

  • @aryellhenry7593
    @aryellhenry7593 ปีที่แล้ว +61

    There are so many factors to think about in this movie at least to me:
    1. Crackhead mother consciously chose to hide her baby in a garbage can with the damn lid on and claims she was going to come back for him🤔(obviously she’s not of sound mind but ummm, miss the garbage don’t stay there for long, the truck comes to pick it up).
    2. The social worker, abandoning her family's needs and pouring her soul into Isaiah gives off weird vibes, Like you said, she’s the type to bring her work home with her and literally did. But not being involved or interested with your own family to raise Isaiah is troubling. She didn’t even know that her husband was cheating on her. Who’s that detached from their own home life? It’s giving pet project, like she was unconsciously unsatisfied with her life and Isaiah was a pleasant distraction to pour herself into. Not saying her feelings or attachments to him were not genuine.
    3. The whole, Isaiah needs to be with a black mother, despite said mother not knowing a damn thing about the little boy says a lot. His needs and interests were not considered. His mother could relapse at any time and then what? Give him back to the the foster mother could have been a choice but not the top one. They(iykyk) were so concerned with keeping Isaiah away from Marguerite that he likely would have been placed into black foster home than her. Yes him discovering his self identity is important as a black boy but the system didn’t care, he would likely be another statistic.
    4. Again His biological mother was a recovering addict, some old habits die hard, she herself had so many obstacles such as being illiterate and penniless but that still wasn’t enough for Isaiah to stay with a stable family he was accustomed to. Crackhead Halle Berry probably couldn’t even remember who his daddy is, Isaiah’s bests interests weren’t represented, which makes you think about his future had his two moms not come together at the end. Single mother barely making ends meet probably won’t have a lot of time to help with homework or after school activities, vs.financially stable two-parent household who will have time for him and support him much more than Halle’s character. But what does the system choose? Go back to your black, stranger of a crackhead mother, you living with so many advantages is not cool because the family is white and you can’t relate to that. SMDH.
    P.s. great review as always girl, just got carried away. 🤭🤪😂

    • @aryellhenry7593
      @aryellhenry7593 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      *unsatisfied with where she was in her life. Her teenage daughter could be getting into all kinds of shit out of spite as a result of neglect from her mother.

    • @apollo105
      @apollo105 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I agree with most of these points but those are the types of social workers we need because thats the type of work it is. If you dont value the children as you would your own its easy for them to get taken advantage of. The goal of social work is to keep families together. Yes she was a recovering crackhead but trust and believe the system will provide resources and check ins to make sure your keeping off the drugs

    • @Mookie2345
      @Mookie2345 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Agreed except #2 we don’t have enough backstory on what was going on prior to really judge that situation being a product of foster care there are many different factors when it comes to caregivers ijs

    • @shanika8
      @shanika8 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      It's making the white mom look bad when she took care of the baby the crack head mom threw the baby away in the garbage and didn't know her baby if I was Isiah I would be depressed and devastated

  • @safiahhinton529
    @safiahhinton529 ปีที่แล้ว +54

    Even as a kid watching this I was like why would they let him go back to her (bio mom) and leave him mom (the white lady) like the ending was stupid to my 11 year old brain and it still low key is to my 22 year old brain

    • @bellashakaariimelendez3777
      @bellashakaariimelendez3777 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      I’m a fan of a Good drug-free loving hard working parent. That’s not Kaila, however, nice that she was getting “ clean”, however,
      his mother es Margaret who raised & nurtured him & provided, a very nice comforting warm loving home, since minutes old.”
      -
      Sad when she heard the judge ruling.”
      Wrong decision by judge who based it only on color.”
      Threw a beautiful baby boy in a garbage bin, high or not is beyond unfit.”
      Great realistic ending.” Adios.”

    • @evaharris6450
      @evaharris6450 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      why is your brain/mind "stupid" while being a fully Grown-up in your early 20s? Should be mature enough when we all grown to know the White woman, great actress she is character of Margaret, was more suited to raise, and was raising a beautiful little Black Crack-addicted child, for three long years, deserve to keep the child that was HERS, not crack addicated, drug addict, messed up no good for years, Khaila.) Actress Jessica Lange is amazing in it. and Halle character of the "cleaner" birth mom did the RIGHT thing at the end.Great movie.

    • @evaharris6450
      @evaharris6450 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@bellashakaariimelendez3777 Beautifully said today, bellashakaariimelendez. i do agree, yes. Based it on a skin tone of a child is ridiculous. It is on now, SHOWTIME. i love her too, the actress yes, jessica lange, age nicely old now, but she was great in the film. As middle age Halle.

    • @LawMami0806
      @LawMami0806 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@evaharris6450 lol girl, i m agreeing, both my Afro-Latino Hispanic dad side STILL talk that way, when it's on again after 28 years. and my Black mama side, we ALL equally agree, yep. Adios chica. you're right, and thank you for saying it's on SHOWTIME today, i got it on, love it so much, the ending of it especially and seeing Jessica Great Actress lovely Lange in it, throughout.

  • @ciarrajohnson3849
    @ciarrajohnson3849 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    She never should’ve gotten him back. Took growing up (and this popping up) to think about that…💔💔💔

  • @cj25674
    @cj25674 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    As a child, while watching this film, I always felt bad that Isaiah was forced to leave his home and family Kaiya. I agree that visitation, at the very least, would had been more than enough, but for that baby to be ripped from his family really wrecked me.

  • @tristiancirca89
    @tristiancirca89 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    “Halle Berry was outside in the 90s.” 😂😂😂
    This part had me cackling. 😂

  • @alicebeynon8841
    @alicebeynon8841 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    It's just heartbreaking to me that this poor child lost people he loved and who loved him... really the only family in his memory... and he gets pulled away and sent home with a woman he doesn't know! Never to see the people he knows as his parents.
    It's so sad.

  • @vhuhwavhonems9872
    @vhuhwavhonems9872 ปีที่แล้ว +81

    there is nothing ""struggle"' about your reviews, you are so entertaining and always have good points and good explanations and not to mention your editing skills. Top tier reviews

    • @StruggleReviewzTV
      @StruggleReviewzTV  ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Thank you so much! 💕

    • @nikicarrie4071
      @nikicarrie4071 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Agree. This is fresh ❤️

    • @jazzshi
      @jazzshi ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Love your reviews

    • @blufaerie
      @blufaerie ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Agreed!

    • @yococomanolo
      @yococomanolo ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Exactly because I stumbled across this channel a few days ago and have been watching several vids a day ever since lol

  • @tdr_paraadvisor3996
    @tdr_paraadvisor3996 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    Jessica Lange is incredible in everything she does!!! As is Halle berry...Halle berry👑🎵🎼 💯💯💯👑👑👑👑 both queens in their own right!!!

  • @jamilbelle
    @jamilbelle ปีที่แล้ว +17

    “I want Apple juice”. Yeah Isaiah, I understand.

  • @IAMROCKY93
    @IAMROCKY93 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    This is an Oscar worthy film, but Forrest Gump, Pulp Fiction, and Shawshank Redemption all came out that year so 🤷🏽‍♀️👀 lol. It has so many layers to it and great acting. Halle and Jessica’s characters mirrored each other. Kayla was addicted to drugs and Margaret was addicted to her work.

  • @angelnyambio5704
    @angelnyambio5704 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Isaiah should've stayed with the social worker, but he could still have some connection with his mother once she stays completely clean.

  • @wahaywgr
    @wahaywgr ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I agree with you. They could’ve eased Halle’s character in with visitation, so that Isaiah could get to know her and trust her. This movie always reminds me of when I was 6 years old. It was me, my mom, some guy and his girlfriend riding in the car, the guy was taking me to school. I don’t know what happened but the cops pulled the guy over and ended up arresting my mom and the guy who was driving, they also towed the car. I was stranded with the guy’s girlfriend who I didn’t even know. I was with her all day and I didn’t know what was going on. It was one of the most traumatic experiences of my life. I remember trying to keep it together, but by the end of the day I couldn’t do nothing but cry. I was so scared.

  • @covertLLC
    @covertLLC ปีที่แล้ว +12

    I cry now when I watch this movie and Isaiah has to go to Khaila. They traumatized that baby, he's already struggling because he was born addicted to crack cocaine. Then the courts take him from the only home he knows to make him live in the ghetto with a stranger setting him up to have separation anxiety and PTSD..

  • @justme8201
    @justme8201 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    Girl 🖐🏾🤦🏾‍♀️ I started to get anxiety while you were reviewing this movie. I haven't watched this movie in a while and I was remembering all the scenes you were describing. 💔 Now imo, Halle should have won an Oscar for this one rather than Monster's Ball🤷🏾‍♀️. I stand 20 toes down on that one! Love your reviews as usual ❤️😀

  • @amethyst3139
    @amethyst3139 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    The cuts to Ernest Thomas' "Tragic" took me out each time lol. This movie always has me feeling some kinda way. Great review as always Tyra & can't wait til the next one 💜

  • @apollo105
    @apollo105 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    I honestly wouldnt call it a systemic issue because in social work when youre surrounded by people who are actually doing the work this is the best form of action. The goal of social work isnt to keep kids away from their biological families but more so assure that they are going to be okay and have the necessary resources. Trust and believe there are a lot of despicable human beings who give up their children and dont even think about getting them back but for those that want their children and are taking the necessary steps to get them back 9 times out of 10 they'll regain custody

    • @SJ-ni6iy
      @SJ-ni6iy หลายเดือนก่อน

      There was a little boy at my church who was in and out of the system because of his mother. He would get taken away and stay with a social worker, who was related to him, until his mother would get clean. He had a lot of psychological problems and the 4th time state took him, no foster family could handle him. Last I heard he was in a psychiatric hospital, he was 7.

  • @MississippiKaijuMusic
    @MississippiKaijuMusic ปีที่แล้ว +21

    Nobody plays a crackhead like my baby Halle.🤣🤦

    • @brandygee9954
      @brandygee9954 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Shiiii...iono. Sharon Stone got on my dayum nerves in Casino.

    • @MississippiKaijuMusic
      @MississippiKaijuMusic ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@brandygee9954
      Girl you so crazy 🤣

    • @brandygee9954
      @brandygee9954 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @ReactionsYouNeed4MoviesYouLove I was thinking "Sam you can't just drop this heffa in the middle of the desert with an 8 ball and call it a day? So you and your daughter can live in peace?!". 😖

    • @kristineilochi4615
      @kristineilochi4615 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@brandygee9954 Sharon was IRRITATING and TRASH in that movie fa sho!

    • @kristineilochi4615
      @kristineilochi4615 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@brandygee9954 Right???

  • @yazminehenderson4819
    @yazminehenderson4819 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    That Mama Dee meme took me tf out 😂😂. Gurrl, you are a gem 💎

  • @cruzanshaker
    @cruzanshaker ปีที่แล้ว +18

    They love having halle losing kids in these films. I so agree with you tyra. Great review on an oldie

  • @cjwilliamsvi
    @cjwilliamsvi ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Didn’t Halle Berry’s daughter’s father file for custody of her real child in real life? 😩😩 Bless Ha!
    Also, Jessica Lange is the supreme. Forever that girl!

  • @candicane8678
    @candicane8678 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I definitely had the ugly😭😭cry at the end of this movie...omggggg...I was exhausted

  • @sarahsantora8592
    @sarahsantora8592 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I lived a similar story 30 years ago, my son by adoption is now35 years old. Even tho I had an open adoption and his biological mom was in his life till she passed 10 yrs ago there’s really no way for a white mother to prepare her black son to live as a black man in this country. I could not teach what I did not know. I did the best I could and loved him 100% but he missed A LOT by growing up outside of the culture. Having a black parent or parents gives adopted kids better skills to face their future IMHO.

  • @jazzshi
    @jazzshi ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I was probably like 7 or 8 when I saw that movie. I’m still traumatized.

  • @chanellbryson3588
    @chanellbryson3588 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Oh girl not the purple onion those were some deep tears 😭 🤣🤣🤣

  • @santanaduncan9047
    @santanaduncan9047 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I need to rewatch this now, because the last time I seen it, was on Peachtree TV as a child. Even then, I felt uncomfortable when he had to go with his bio mom. My mom at the time was on the side of Halle's character, but the scene with him crying in a temper n the shadows n sounds of hus new environment scaring him, I knew he belonged with his family.
    You wake up so many oldies but goodies, sis🖤

  • @kennedylondon14
    @kennedylondon14 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Girl you have me weakkkk! Sounding the words out lmaoo

  • @KeishaCharmaine
    @KeishaCharmaine ปีที่แล้ว +11

    That little boy was acting downnnnn. I need to rewatch it because I was very much team Halle but after listening to your review, that’s very problematic. I’m just black and biased I think lol ✊🏾✊🏿

  • @teresareid1770
    @teresareid1770 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    The husband played in Delores Claiborne such a good movie 🍿

  • @enterdamanery
    @enterdamanery ปีที่แล้ว +9

    4:43 lmaooo you are an absolute GEM

  • @crencottrell7849
    @crencottrell7849 ปีที่แล้ว +40

    Halle didn't win an Oscar for this but she won an Oscar for being a jungle fever fantasy? Really Academy Awards? 🤨

    • @kristineilochi4615
      @kristineilochi4615 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      "Why did Halle have to let a white man pop her to win an Oscar? Why did Denzel have to be crooked before he took it?" --Jadakiss

    • @justme8201
      @justme8201 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👍🏾👍🏾I said the same thing

    • @francesengland79
      @francesengland79 ปีที่แล้ว

      Right? Her acting in this movie was beyond phenomenal.

  • @55thst_rojos
    @55thst_rojos ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Child this always makes me cry and pissed off at the same time

  • @THE1804SHOWCHAPTERTWO
    @THE1804SHOWCHAPTERTWO ปีที่แล้ว +7

    My part was when she had him in the trap yelling Baby?!!! 😂

  • @BreceLarry
    @BreceLarry ปีที่แล้ว +12

    I agree 100% on Halle. At this point, let's call the cops Lol she is not a fit parent 🤣

  • @diamondsareforever1011
    @diamondsareforever1011 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    The kid who played isah also play 50 cent when he was a kid in get rich or tryin yeah he also played 50 cent the rapper as a kid in 50 cent movie🙋‍♀️👍👍

  • @StylzGTNT
    @StylzGTNT ปีที่แล้ว +6

    This is my wife’s favorite movie.

  • @joshuamcdowell9745
    @joshuamcdowell9745 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    Halle should have let that child be. Taking that child from the family he ever known and given back to the bio mother who neglected him to get high was dumb. Isaiah was still very young. They should have gradually transition him. Khaila was his mother but he didn't know her. Khaila almost killed him. She should have gotten visitations.

  • @MsDisneylandlover
    @MsDisneylandlover 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I remember on Girlfriends when William told Tony. Aren't you about lose Isaiah lol 😂😂😂😂

  • @recapswithmae
    @recapswithmae ปีที่แล้ว +9

    This was such a great review!!!!! I have to revisit this film as an adult😢

  • @JUSTUSPOETICZ
    @JUSTUSPOETICZ ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Halle Berry couldn't even watch my dog! She cant keep kids for ish lol!!! Every other movie!!! Art imitating life? 🤔
    Hmmm....lol

  • @00ghostcobra
    @00ghostcobra ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Any sane person would know that Isaiah didn't belong with his natural mother in this case..

  • @therealmarlonbellamy
    @therealmarlonbellamy ปีที่แล้ว +12

    I need to rewatch this movie. Can we please get reviews on other movies Halle Berry has been in such as Strictly Business, The Last Boy Scout & The Program?

  • @valzod3808
    @valzod3808 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    I was a foster kid when this came out. My foster mom who would later adopt my brothers and I forced us to watch this shit. I was like 8 or 9. I hate this movie for the same reason I hate season 5 of the Wire and all of the Corner. It's literally torture

    • @lauriebertramroberts8990
      @lauriebertramroberts8990 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I'm so sorry that's horrible of her to do.
      My white mom LOVED this fucking movie. It was the first time she and I really fought, fought about race because the way we saw the characters was so different.

    • @nenep1872
      @nenep1872 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Omg wow, why would she do that, what was the point she was tryna make? I am so sorry that is just crazy...

  • @frankielogan1863
    @frankielogan1863 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I was an instant subscriber! I saw the first few minutes of the best man review and I subscribed because you stuck to the story and gave the ignored obvious. I thought I was the only one that noticed

  • @ashley8916
    @ashley8916 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    New to your channel, i love your reviews! I never have to skip bc you're so entertaining the entire time. Omg i lost it at your halle impression, singing domino. I replayed you like 10 times 😭i forgot all about that scene... That was a really good movie

  • @keptbygrace6221
    @keptbygrace6221 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    We watched this in my freshman composition class and had to write an argumentative paper about it.

  • @daaiyahgreen
    @daaiyahgreen ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Girrrrl I just found your channel. Where tf you been. You have me over here dying🤭🤭

  • @odettice9219
    @odettice9219 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I actually think the ending was perfect. I can see why ppl are on each side. There’s something in the film that wasn’t really addressed. There’s actually two problems here. The one of race but the real one of the biological mother and the adoptive one. And who should keep the child.
    For kyla:
    1. I know ppl see kyla as someone who left her baby in a trash can (which she did) but also kyla was a mother for about three days. She was homeless, she was on drugs, and it seems she’s even being abused (she wakes up with a black eye), she’s also relatively young. Young adults make mistakes that can end in the baby’s life. (Sleeping with the baby on the couch, forgetting their in cars, overheating therm, not supporting their neck) You don’t just know how to be a mother. Especially in three days.
    2. Kyla is homeless. The alley is their home. Yes it’s a trash can. Yeah it’s still bad. But i don’t believe it holds the same meaning as someone going out from their house and throwing their baby away. The trash is also a place for food and supplies. It doesn’t hold the same connotations
    3.Kyla thought Isaiah was dead. She was a mother for three days and then thought her baby was killed. The guilt itself was the reason why she became clean. Because she didn’t want the drugs to ease that sorrow for her. She didn’t mean to kill the child or even throw him away. She just needed a moment just like any mother. She was frustrated and was a single mother. I’m not saying it’s right but there’s a reason for postpartum depression and mothers shaking their baby’s. It’s one of the hardest jobs in the world and she was doing it alone. Homeless. On drugs. And it a dangerous environment. I don’t believe kyla she lose her parental right forever for this

    • @odettice9219
      @odettice9219 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      For Margaret:
      1.shes a safe stable home obviously. He’s happy. He has two parents. And has good resources
      2. She sees hundreds of cases of child abuse and neglect. After a while you can make assumptions. Become bitter and the ppl your helping become numbers and statistics. You might even get a holier than thou complex because your baby isnt crack addicted. In the beginning of the film she sort of speaks down to a mother for putting a child on the top bunk (the child fell and broke an arm I think) which of course a mistake but mothers are not perfect and do not know. You’re not monster of a mother because your child got hurt.
      3. She’s colorblind. But the world isn’t black and white. The court made good points. Isaiah is growing up in a world void of himself. He’s black. It’s a part of identify and erasing that can be damaging to a child. She’s doing damage as well because she’s not perfect. The scenes between Hannah and Margaret show she’s not a perfect mother either
      Isaiah should know who is biological mother is. But he’s not old enough to understand that. He shouldn’t be ripped from the only mother he knows. Kyla made an effort to be a good mother and bettered herself. She took advantage of resources given which was the point of the resources. Ppl lose their kids. I thought the resources were there to help the parent become suitable to raise the child. Which kyla did. Not every parent does. But each case is individual and unique. In this case. Kyla is clean. She has sponsers. She’s older and genuinely wants to be his mother. Taking away isaiahs real biological mother is bad as well. The pain of knowing your bio mom could have raised you, but wasn’t given the chance cannot be measured. I don’t think Margaret should never see Isaiah again, but am understanding that isaiahs biological mother is in the picture should be established. Kyla has a right to her son as well. Margaret doesn’t get the power to take someone’s child away because “she wouldn’t know what to do”. She doesn’t get to decide she’s his mother now. Isaiah doesn’t have a voice right now because he’s 5. He doesn’t understand what’s going on. Yeah he thinks Margaret is his mom because he doesn’t understand. He should be given a choice which would be knowing both kyla and Margaret in a transition.

  • @marcusmateo8890
    @marcusmateo8890 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    So I was not ready for all the quotes and references u made to the dialogue in this movie. Singing the song at the beginning not only took me out but reduced me to being 5 years old again watching Halle get arrested in a bodega

  • @tonit336
    @tonit336 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Great review, the film is good, Halle Berry is a great actress and this is her best acting role, she should had won an oscar for it

  • @AshleySaysSo20
    @AshleySaysSo20 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Loved this movie!

  • @reneedennis2011
    @reneedennis2011 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Great review! You brought up some good points.

  • @jennierandomz
    @jennierandomz ปีที่แล้ว +6

    New subbie been binge watching for hours lol
    This movie was so sad! But the Acting was good! Have you ever seen the movie I am Sam? That movie is really good movie too.

    • @Teenytinymia
      @Teenytinymia ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Me too! I subbed a few days ago and I have been watching non stop. Even at work lol

    • @StruggleReviewzTV
      @StruggleReviewzTV  ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Thank you !!! 💕💕💕

  • @ssissigui8846
    @ssissigui8846 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Thank you! I was only 8 when I watched the movie and even then I did not understand why the white mother did not kept the child. They were the only family I hever knew. They loved him ! The biological mom should have let him with his family
    That is the the true definition of unconditional mother love. She was selfish

  • @sade3408
    @sade3408 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    That song at the beginning took me out 😂😂 Love You ❤️

  • @nicolewhite1379
    @nicolewhite1379 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    As a person that grew up in the system, I’m gonna tell you right now they should have left Isaiah with the family. I do not care his mother threw him in the trashcan. She does not deserve any type of access to him. I do not care I know what it feels like to be abandoned, and that little boy was abandoned. She was trash .

  • @MississippiKaijuMusic
    @MississippiKaijuMusic ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I don't appreciate Isaiah wanting to do all of these hood roles now as a grown man.
    Like Isaiah if you don't get lost and go back to these family safe roles.🥴
    You know you Stuart Little's home boy.🤦🥴

    • @nenep1872
      @nenep1872 ปีที่แล้ว

      🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 maybe he's tryna prove something to people 🤦🏾‍♀️ I mean I understand cause I use to watch him had a crush on him too, I thought he was good... But unfortunately maybe people don't think he's real enough 🤷🏾‍♀️ unfortunately this happens way too often

    • @MississippiKaijuMusic
      @MississippiKaijuMusic ปีที่แล้ว

      @@nenep1872
      And it's sad that at this age in the game he still feels the need to do hood roles to portray himself as hard.
      He self conscious and he has short man syndrome.
      Even in the show Dexter he was a drug dealer.
      Like dude you could've been on ABC family or Disney playing somebody's father by now.
      What are you doing?🤦

    • @knucklehoagies
      @knucklehoagies ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ​@@MississippiKaijuMusic unfortunately its a big issue with the younger generation black folk. Being ghetto and hood is more glorified than being classy and intelligent. It's a toxic part of the culture that needs to be reversed.

    • @MississippiKaijuMusic
      @MississippiKaijuMusic ปีที่แล้ว

      @@knucklehoagies
      I agree.
      He sabotaged his own career to look tough.

  • @vanity5384
    @vanity5384 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    @0:58 lmaooooo

  • @mamakat7176
    @mamakat7176 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Also, I always low key thought if this move is supposed to be asking the question do black children automatically belong with black mothers they should have had a 100% black woman play the bio mom not Halle Berry and for the record, I am a black mom of 3 biracial children one of whom is a a daughter who is a wife and mother of 5 (2 boys and 3 girls) the oldest is a boy my completion and the rest are all blond haired and blue eyed from birth

  • @MsDisneylandlover
    @MsDisneylandlover 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    The ending is beautiful.

  • @chanelmiller4635
    @chanelmiller4635 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I didn’t realize she played a crack head
    Twice 😂

  • @babydd4
    @babydd4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Its amazing how coincidence works. I been thinking about this lately and said Kahlia was wrong. Only because she wanted to DRAG that baby away from a good home since misery DEMANDS COMPANY.
    The only reason why that lawyer helped her is because HE wanted to be the only negro to make it out the hood. If Isiah grew up in that white upper middle class family then he would have gone further and even worse dated white women and not get falsely accused of rape. Because the white community KNOWS HIM AND HELPED HIM GROW UP.
    Ain't no way that black lawyer looked at that crappy ass apartment Kahlia had and thought it was more suitable. Losing Isiah was about keeping black kids in the ghetto in they PLACE.
    Yes at the end Kahlia decided to let the white mother have partial custody. But what happens after the movie? Did they have a fallout and she changed her mind? And was the agreement on paper in court? Did Kahlia go BACK ON DRUGS 5 YEARS LATER? Did Isiah get shot and killed visiting his black mother in the ghetto? So many cliff hangers we will never know.

  • @odettice9219
    @odettice9219 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Just found your channel❤️ even if I don’t agree with some of your views on films. It doesn’t mean I don’t enjoy your videos. I enjoy hearing a different opinion ☺️I like your channel a lot! subscribed

  • @MsDisneylandlover
    @MsDisneylandlover 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Watching this movie now brought me here now.

  • @daniellej7914
    @daniellej7914 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    She sure as hell was wrong as two left feet but thank God she ain’t go back into that life

  • @nneynaeneyi
    @nneynaeneyi ปีที่แล้ว +4

    You deserve so many more subscribers! Your so dope

  • @darkwriter_xx94
    @darkwriter_xx94 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I never connected that the adoptive mom was Jessica Lange.

  • @ERzGrandpa
    @ERzGrandpa ปีที่แล้ว +3

    No you DITN’T throw Veggie Tales out there! My kids grew up with them. TBH I liked them too. Your synopses of HalleB’s childcare foibles was on-point as well as hilarious. I remember a movement by Black social workers trying to prohibit adopting of black children by whites. 👴🏽

  • @MsDisneylandlover
    @MsDisneylandlover 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    At the end of the movie when she clean up she was beautiful..

  • @MsDisneylandlover
    @MsDisneylandlover 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Great Job ❤

  • @MsDisneylandlover
    @MsDisneylandlover 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    The part that had me was how that lil baby spoke 😂.
    Also how Hannah was blowing the bubbles. N she said Isaiah what is the difference between our hands. And how he understood the question he was so smart. He said my hand is smaller. Spot on for a baby. Y and the hell would he bc i am black and you are white lol. It just show babies don't see color only ppl. They are taught all that other awful stuff. Not saying Hannah was doing that in part but in general.

  • @kristineilochi4615
    @kristineilochi4615 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Hi, Tyra! This was another great review of a great movie. I was wondering when would you be reviewing my requested movie "A Thin Line Between Love and Hate" 1996 starring Martin Lawrence and Lynn Whitfield? I believe I requested it back on November 13th. Thanks.😊

    • @StruggleReviewzTV
      @StruggleReviewzTV  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Definitely this week. It’s been a busy month with the holidays

  • @CynsCorner
    @CynsCorner ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Ohhhhh I remember this movie and I remember HATING that she got him back at the end. Ughhhhh!!! It still annoys me to think about it.

  • @nikh9422
    @nikh9422 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Hey, Thank you! This was a great synopsis. This film was assigned for foster care training. FYI, your insights are helpful and wise. Also, hat tip to the Evil Dead and Miles Davis!

  • @CrazyMunky84
    @CrazyMunky84 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Isaiah should have stayed with the adoptive family with Khaila being allowed to be involved in Isaiah's life. Khaila is a drug addict who needs to focus on her sobriety instead of caring for a child with special needs. The responsibility of Khaila having to take responsibility for Isaiah as a parent would compromise her sobriety. That being said it's best she at least has him in her life. It gives her something to look forward and Isaiah a picture of where he comes from. The adoptive family can provide a stable home environment which can accommodate all parties involved. I also didn't buy the argument Khaila's lawyer put forward that Isaiah would grow up in an environment where he never sees someone like himself. The adoptive family lives in Chicago, a city that is 30 percent black. It's not like they live in rural Idaho or something.

  • @PeteMcCorvey
    @PeteMcCorvey 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    You wrong for 1:55! 🤣🤣🤣

  • @MsDisneylandlover
    @MsDisneylandlover 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Girl 😂 that intro plz stop lol smh. Oh no scary 😂

  • @MsDisneylandlover
    @MsDisneylandlover 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Still at the end of the movie. I wonder did the baby ever come around. I also likethe fact that she told her i want him to stay in this black school and I am not giving him back to you. I like how she told that white woman you may not like but you better get use to me or something like that. I believe that at the end his 2 moms got alone n they raised him right. ❤

  • @lexuscoleman4488
    @lexuscoleman4488 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I love this when I was young I thought he should’ve went to Halle berry but looking at the point you put it he should’ve stayed with the white family for his emotional physical and mental health. Like Iove this movie I grew up watching this when I was like only 4 or 5 myself and watched it again when I got older and also social class in college where that was the discussion do we agree with Halle berry getting her baby back and I was like team yeah cause she black but not looking at the other side of this baby being taken away from his only home and people he knew 😢 I remember watching him cry when I was younger in the car and it made me exhausted as a child but I agree with you on this ❤

  • @orlandobabe
    @orlandobabe หลายเดือนก่อน

    I loved this movie very much. It surprises me that they never did a viewing of Kayla meeting Isaiah seeing the interaction between them and seeing how Isaiah feels about her. It was just the court saying "A black child should be with his black mother" and that's that and never mind this poor child screaming and crying and the silence and indifference he gives Kayla when he is with her. Kayla may be happy to win and get him back but it's Isiah's worst day of his life. I believe Kayla should've given Isaiah back and waited till he was old enough to want to meet her and form a relationship with her.

  • @Lexxii2FABOOLUS
    @Lexxii2FABOOLUS ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Can u do the movie "Motives" next?

  • @jaymiller9042
    @jaymiller9042 ปีที่แล้ว

    She closed the door in his face that pissed me off

  • @RebornMom211
    @RebornMom211 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Hi Ashley

  • @MsDisneylandlover
    @MsDisneylandlover 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Halle is queen 😊 she is the Queen of acting. This movie is good but hard to watch.

  • @RebornMom211
    @RebornMom211 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Yesssssss

  • @TG5455
    @TG5455 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Let's not forget about Halle Berry in the '90s in the live-action version of The Flintstones, she was looking goooooooooood...Yeah, I'm dude and I couldn't help myself. Anyway today is your birthday and I just want to wish you a Happy Birthday again but here while I'm watching this review. 😊🎁

  • @gpie4850
    @gpie4850 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    ❤❤❤ Veg-et-ables!

  • @kamilleking4708
    @kamilleking4708 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Can you please review this new series called Kindred, I would love to hear your insight.

  • @NextofKen_
    @NextofKen_ ปีที่แล้ว +2

    1:00 😂😂😂😂😂😂

  • @ChannieChauni
    @ChannieChauni ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Halle Berry Type cast

  • @TG5455
    @TG5455 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    5:24
    👵: Yes, Jenny do the right thing for that poor black child and be the white savior that you can be.
    The GIF of The Blind Side makes me think about the stains that the movie has gotten lately and I can understand why.

  • @missugh1890
    @missugh1890 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I want my mama