Review of Rabbit-Proof Fence (2002) by Shayla S — 11 Sep 2013

I have to admit the title of the movie was not appealing at first. As my late mother would say, "Don't judge a book by its cover". Well in this case a movie. The beginning of the movie, I was thrown off a little because of the language but I was got the understanding as the movie continued.

I could not at first understand why the Aboriginal mother kept trying to hide her children. Once I saw the Australian take those children, I began to cry. Yeah, I am very sensitive at watching movies and about children.

I was a little upset at first but understood what was happening. I know as a parent that I would be beyond torn up if someone tried to take my children away from me based on their race. As time went on in the movie, I found out why they were doing this to those children.

They were trying to train these children to work and live in a society that they were not accustoming to. As a result of trying to force these children into a society that they were not familiar with, three of the children escaped.

The children's names were Daisy, Molly, and Gracie. Gracie eventually gets captured but Daisy and Molly kept going until they made it back with their mother. It was at that point, I realized that Molly was narrating the movie.

Molly did get married and had children and then her children were taken from her too. Of course she got them back for a short time, before they were recaptured again. Gracie was never heard of again and presumed decease.

Overall, I love the movie. I did find out where the title came from. It was established because it was an actual fence that ran over a thousand miles long. I was upset that Gracie did not make it back and it was cruel how those people's children were just snatched from them.