I was looking forward to this since it came out in Sundance last year. I've been watching a lot of interviews for this film - watching Shia talk about what inspired him to write this got me a bit skeptic into thinking that he was being a bit too "whinny" let's say about his past, but I kinda like Shia more as an artist and as a person now having watched the movie.
I think that this is Shia's best acting work ever (I know that's not saying much) and this it is also one of the most impressive scripts of this past year, really powerful. Shia really left himself vulnerable on writing this script and I salute him for that. A really good effort from the director. I think that a lot it is done well here. The way the director goes from one scene to an other is very efficient, I really liked it.
Overall I really liked the movie. This is one of the most depressing films I've seen recently but it is also one of the sweetest and warmest. I got a bittersweet feeling by the end of it.
I think that this is Shia's best acting work ever (I know that's not saying much) and this it is also one of the most impressive scripts of this past year, really powerful. Shia really left himself vulnerable on writing this script and I salute him for that. A really good effort from the director. I think that a lot it is done well here. The way the director goes from one scene to an other is very efficient, I really liked it.
Overall I really liked the movie. This is one of the most depressing films I've seen recently but it is also one of the sweetest and warmest. I got a bittersweet feeling by the end of it.