She'll rob a bank with a baby on her hip and make you root for her.
A single mother begs, borrows, and steals to provide her son with a better life than she had, with little help from her ex-husband or her mother.
Acting
Jasper Polish carries the whole film on her exhausted shoulders.
Writing
Dialogue that sounds like actual humans making terrible decisions.
Director
Nick Martinez
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The title references Saint Jude, patron of hopeless causes—ironic since the film argues mothers in poverty are treated as their own hopeless cause.
Jasper Polish is the daughter of director Michael Polish; she reportedly took the role after watching her own mother struggle as a single parent in the industry.
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