The Good Lie (2014)

This is a movie that is a little bit too long on the front end, and just about right from then on.  It is not a feel good movie, but rather a feel right movie,  where lonely people in America help refugees of an African conflict.
The movie does not settle for being simplistic and condescending, rather presenting an honesty of the struggles and barriers that everyone involved faced that compensates for any of the more obvious tugs on our tear ducts, most of which arrive in the latter part of the film.  The primary source of this authenticity is a cast populated with South Sudanese actors who captivate without pretense. Two of the three male leads, as well as the actress who plays their sister, were caught up in the conflict before fleeing their homeland for asylum elsewhere. One was a child soldier, the other two lost relatives in the war.  These are traumatized people who need some luck and some hard work and some aptientce to make progress.  A good watch.