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The Prize Winner of Defiance Ohio

2005

Starring: Julianne Moore, Woody Harrelson

Rating: 4

The Prize Winner of Defiance Ohio is a fun movie, with a filming technique that seemed a bit odd at first, but really grew on me. The Prize Winner of Defiance Ohio tells the story of a woman who raised ten children on 25 words or less. In other words, Evelyn Ryan entered jingle contests to help support her family when her husband's paycheck just wasn't enough.

The Ryan family had many struggles they went through, and I can't even begin to imagine having TEN kids to raise and feed. But they did it.

The Prize Winner of Defiance Ohio offers us a glimpse into lives that are (hopefully) more difficult than our own, and it shows us how they pulled through with some serious hard work.