Good use of occasional onscreen text to keep the story clear.
The part where Penny’s arm “comes back to life” is well done too. When they are searching for treasure, it was a creative choice the way that the mechanical wringer machine that hurts Penny’s arm is here personified as a villain with a sword. I liked the use of the laugh track when Penny disobeys and goes to the pool, and the montage of stock images worked well to set a mood. I liked the ludicrous accents as they were telling the “Italian Navy” joke in the kitchen, and the quick cut to the seemingly non-sequitur about “brain food for dogs” available at the local butcher’s. The black and white filter highlighted the historical nature of the story well. Judges’ Remarks: I like the zigzagging, nonlinear way this movie hopscotches through the story (even going so far as to put the credits at the start of the movie … an unconventional choice!).
"Holm impressively wraps pathos with comedy in this coming-of-age story, populated by a cast of vivid characters.Adapted by Frankie, JoJo, Lucy and Mitali of Sanford Middle School (2018) Inspired by three time Newbery Honor winner Jennifer Holm’s own Italian American family, Penny from Heaven is a story about families-about the things that tear them apart and the things that bring them back together.
And no one will tell Penny the truth about how her father died. Her best friend is turning into a criminal. To make matters worse, her dog, Scarlett O'Hara, is sick. Holm 4. For starters, she can’t go swimming because her mother’s afraid she’ll catch polio at the pool. But nothing’s that easy in Penny’s family. It’s 1953 and 11-year-old Penny dreams of a summer of butter pecan ice cream, swimming, and baseball. Jennifer Holm's New York Times bestselling, Newbery Honor Winner is the story of a summer of adventures and secrets that will change everything, at a time in America’s history, just after World War II, when being Italian-American meant confronting prejudice because you'd been the enemy not that long ago.
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