It seems that 2 large groups of people have rated this well done movie a 10 star and another large group of people have given it a 1 star rating. in my opinion both groups are incorrect. saint judy is a well acted drama about the complications and blind spots in the process of obtaining legal asylum in the usa. i believe people with opposing political views are trying to weaponize the IMBD rating system and may ruin the chance of the movie being seen by people who use those ratings to decide if they want to spend 2hrs. of their lives watching a particular film. i am a fan of ms. monaghan's and have had good luck choosing movies with her in them but the rating was so low that i began to read the user reviews and that lead to a graph with the number of people giving the 10 star rating all way down to 1 star. hmmm very curious voting pattern...? so i decided to watch the movie and i am glad i did. it was shockingly informative and it made me feel for and understand some of the situations of people caught up in the immigration system. it's not a cut and dried issue, in my mind, that everyone is trying to game the system to enter the country. i thank the film makers for giving me an opportunity to see a side of the system that we as citizens do not seem to be getting from news and other media these days.

Its a tv-movie production on people of different reasons seeking political asylum in the u.s.a.. its also a biographical flick about judy woods, an l.a. based lawyer, and her way into this trade of justice.

its a typical lawywer client judge courtroom film, that at the end ends very well, and its solely made to show that there are hope. technically its ok but no more than that.

its a film that should fit everyone who likes courtsoaps etcetera, nothing extravagant, but a good watch while waiting for your favourite show,thinks the grumpy old man.

If this were a magazine article about an attorney with determination, then it would doubtless be well worth reading. As a piece of cinema, however it's dry and procedural. Albeit Judy Wood (Michelle Monaghan) is qualified, it has a little of the "Erin Brockovitch" (2000) about it initially - a lawyer taking on the establishment in the face of a preoccupied boss, family pressures and a system that seems to be hard-wired against her. This, however, just lacks any of the charm, charisma - personality of that feature. It's an heart-rending story of young Afghan girl Asafa (Leem Lubany) beaten and raped by the police at home before coming to America and fighting that system to avoid deportation - but it is almost entirely free of emotion or humanity to encourage us to empathise with her plight. Whilst I felt sorry for Asafa, I can't say this film made me feel anything personal for her - it comes across as just another swipe at the US judicial process that always seems - in media depictions, anyway - to fail most of the needy, most of the time...