If 'C'mon C'mon' was mostly a film about how parenting is great and kids are wise, it would be insufferable. But it's much more than that, Sam Thielman writes for NBCNewsTHINK.
At the beginning of— part scripted drama, part documentary as the film’s actors interview real subjects — Johnny asks a teenage girl how adults could have set her up better for success as an adult. The answer? “Pay attention to what’s going on around them.”
Paying attention is a big problem in parenting, as Johnny learns. Twice, the little boy that Johnny is taking care of, Jesse , angrily leaves Johnny behind in public spaces, and it takes Johnny a crucial few seconds too long to notice both times. The film opens in Detroit, where, on the first anniversary of his mother’s death, Johnny decides to call his sister, Viv . Viv reveals that her husband, Paul , has moved out and is suffering a relapse of his bipolar disorder, forcing Viv to split her attention between her husband and their 9-year-old son, Jesse.
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