Review of Strange Weather (2016) by Hollie F — 06 Nov 2017

Loved it, great performance.

I really like how they actually portrayed living in the south yet also stayed with the story.

This review of Strange Weather (2016) was written by Hollie F on 06 Nov 2017.

Strange Weather has generally received mixed reviews.

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