Synopsis
After running away from her abusive mother, a streetwise teen seeks refuge with her father, but he rejects her when he learns that she's pregnant.
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Cast
- Vanessa HudgensAgnes 'Apple' Bailey
- Rosario DawsonJune Bailey
- Brendan FraserTom Fitzpatrick
- Stephanie SzostakJoanna Fitzpatrick
- James Earl JonesFrank McCarthy
- Dascha PolancoCarmel
- Emily MeadeCassandra
- Ann DowdKathy
- Candace SmithMarie Abeanni
- Tashiana WashingtonDestiny / Princess
Recommendations
- 70
Village Voice
Though the arc of the film is as saccharine as a Precious Moments figurine — and it'll play that way for audiences who can't be bothered to look closer — Hudgens is too honest to believe in simple, happy endings. - 50
Arizona Republic
Most of the time, it simply coasts along at the level of a typical Lifetime TV movie. - 50
McClatchy-Tribune News Service
It’s the sort of movie whose finale leaves you wondering, “Why do they always leave out what happens next?” - 50
Miami Herald
As a film, though, Gimme Shelter is unremarkable, a predictable story of redemption that happens awfully fast, to a girl who only seems to be in peril briefly — and has a rich dad to bail her out. - 42
Film.com
For all of Krauss’ clearly good intentions, the film still falls staggeringly flat, even with the inclusion of a bold and unexpected performance from Vanessa Hudgens, doing her damndest to break out of the Disney mold and turn in actual work here. - 42
Portland Oregonian
It's the sort of movie that would have starred Valerie Bertinelli or Kristy McNichol back in the 1980s, tricked out with PG-13 grittiness and religious wholesomeness. It's the sort of story that ignores unpleasant social implications in favor of programmed sentiment. - 38
Chicago Tribune
Gimme Shelter suffers from an acute case of the fakes. The speeches sound like speeches, and not good ones. - 30
The Dissolve
Though light on drama, Apple’s scenes at the shelter are easily the best part of the film, among the few moments when Gimme Shelter decides to show the effect of faith and charity rather than simply preach it.
