Swallowing Stones

Swallowing Stones


Directed by: Joyce Mcdonald
Reviewed by: Ashley J., 17
Rating: Hated it!


This story is about two different lives that intertwine because of one incident. Michael is at a party on the fourth of July. He decides to shoot his rifle in the air not thinking it would hurt anyone, but it does. Michael thought no one would know where it came from because there were a lot of other noises going on that day. The bullet ended up going four blocks over and hit a man in the head while he was fixing his roof top. His name was Charlie Ward and he had a wife and daughter. The wife’s was Meredith Ward and the daughter’s name was Jenna Ward. Michael finally realizes that he fired the shot that killed a man while he’s in the car listening to the radio. The police are suspecting him. So he decides to bury the rifle in his back yard. When the police come looking for anyone with information about Charlie Ward’s death, Michael panics. The police assume that it was Michael that shot the gun. His father tells the cops that Michael has a gun. When they ask for it Michael makes up a story and tells the cops that his friend stole it from his car, thus making his friend an accessory. Soon the police really begin to think that it was Michael who fired the shot and they search the property using metal detectors to try and find the gun, but only come up with a shell casing in the forest nearby. Meanwhile, Jenna is hunting for her father’s killer. She has pictured him as a faceless killer, a cold hearted man, but she finally hears from the town gossip that the shot came from the Mackenzie house during a fourth of July party.


Recommended to: no one