The story of a girl who is still admitted to Harvard University by her own efforts. The film is based on real events, but it doesn't show the process in any sensational way. In the first half of the film, the lens focuses on Liz's miserable life in the slums of the United States, and in the second half, she lives realistically with a tough and simple lens. Simple and powerful lines have become the core of the characters in the film. Even if you are born in despair, don't lose the thread of hope and truly restore this road of self-improvement. The film was released in the United States on April 7, 2003.
Poverty didn't stop Liz from going forward. In her life, the eternal theme is brave struggle. This is a very simple film. There is no deliberate emotional conflict and no dramatic ups and downs in the plot. The beautiful voice tells her story without any emotional ups and downs, let alone grandstanding. She is just telling her story, which seems to be the story of you, me and everyone who has come from a hard childhood. But it can arouse people's attention and be regarded as a classic inspirational film.
There are six key scenes in the film: mother is caught taking drugs, Liz is sent to a shelter, living on the street, mother dies, she is traveling at school and applying for a scholarship. The greatness in this ordinary, the more desperate, the more you can let the audience feel a kind of reality at your fingertips. There is no grandiloquence, no dramatic turn, no soul-stirring, and even Lizzie's heartbreaking grief and despair over her mother's death are facing strong reason. It is a very inspirational film for students in modern society.