Year: 2024 (March)
Genre:
Drama
Director:
Courtney Arlett
Stars:
Jermel Howard, Patrice Covington, Jared Wofford, CJ Williams, Angelo Diaz, Kevin Savage, Amber Miller Moore, Pastor Mike Jr., Leslie Black, Dan Verkman, Khalia Muhammad, Ruby Hayes, Shalom Omo-Osagie, Natasha Barnes-Owens, Kimberly Brown-Collado, Ashley Sam Ramsey ...
Storyline:
She thought she had everything... Until she lost what really mattered.
Naomi Samuels, a high-achieving physician, is publicly humiliated and suddenly fired from her high-profile job. With nowhere left to turn, she’s forced to return to the one place she never wanted to face — her hometown… and the foster siblings she left behind.
Once a tight-knit group, time and trauma have fractured the bonds between them. But as a new, devastating challenge emerges, Naomi and her siblings are pushed to their limits — confronting old resentments, buried grief, and the fragile ties that still remain.
To move forward, they must ask:
Can you rebuild a family from pieces you’ve ignored? And is it ever too late to choose one another again?
Similar movies to For What It's Worth
If you love emotionally rich family dramas about second chances and inner reckoning, For What It's Worth fits beautifully alongside:
August: Osage County (2013) – Family dysfunction and truth-telling
This Is Where I Leave You (2014) – Reunion, grief, and rediscovery
Hillbilly Elegy (2020) – Returning home, reckoning with family histors
💡 Like these, For What It’s Worth explores how the people who knew us at our worst may still be the ones who help us rise again, delivering a heartfelt narrative of brokenness, love, and healing.
📌 Final Thoughts
With a vulnerable lead performance, nuanced sibling dynamics, and a grounded, emotional script, For What It’s Worth is a moving story about the cost of ambition, the wounds of abandonment, and the power of forgiveness when all else fails.
She lost her career.
But what she might find is worth far more.
Which of these films have you seen? Let us know your thoughts in the comments!
