After watching this movie my hope is Jeremy Loudon pays his audition manager/agency out of his contract and sells himself to someone who can actually sell him. As the other spoiler reviews have advised this looks very much 'Blair Witch/Fargo' in the camera styling, I am sure the actors were given much leeway due to the only descent part of this movie; the plot. Had this been made into a book and not a movie I am sure the reviews would have been much better, and the story is why this review gets a four.
8 Reviews
The movie's not necessarily bad but...
zariahhurst1 April 2023
I saw a few reviews before watching the movie- and they all mostly said the same thing "bad acting". So, just like the film "Eight Days" I has to go check it out and all I have too ay is...
Wow?
Wow with a question mark because, while the actors are bad- and so of the dialogue is exaggerated- I feel as if this movie could've actually went places had it been treated better- and with a higher budget along with better actors- and maybe even a few changes in the dialogue. But overall, I love how "mature" Crystal seems for her age- because that's the reality of neglected kids.
They grow up faster.
Wow?
Wow with a question mark because, while the actors are bad- and so of the dialogue is exaggerated- I feel as if this movie could've actually went places had it been treated better- and with a higher budget along with better actors- and maybe even a few changes in the dialogue. But overall, I love how "mature" Crystal seems for her age- because that's the reality of neglected kids.
They grow up faster.
It was that bad
jsmaruca20 September 2020
I don't understand what the deal is with this movie. Was it a social experiment? It was that bad! All of the acting in it was horrible. I highly doubt that most of the people acting in the film ever took real acting lessons. It is that bad. Many of them seemed like they were reading from a script during the filming. It was that bad. Again, I have searched online and cannot find anything that explains why this movie has such terrible acting. But, on the positive side, I have a much greater appreciation for real actors now. They deserve every penny of the millions they make. Maybe some of the people in this awful movie who pretended to be actors will someday be more convincing and come off as professional actors. Yes, it was THAT BAD.
Bad acting
jenniferch-1459715 February 2022
The only one who could act was a little girl who came up to Crystal at the diner who gave her spare change. The grandmother was ok. The two main characters could be decent with some acting lessons but to be fair the dialogue was hard to pull off for the characters. Anyway, there are much better similar movies out there.
The Actors Were Paid $20 Each
JohnGaultProSe28 December 2019
...and it shows. Jason London ('Dazed and Confused", "Broken Vessels') who is a Hollywood talent and played the dirty cop was paid $40. This story (much like my figures as to how much the talent was paid) was not really based on a true story either. I read an interview that was with the director/writer Michael Sneed, and there was absolutely no mention of this being based on a true story. Ever since "Fargo" did it, now everyone seems to do it. I gave it a 2 because I found the lack of talent and various screw ups in the final cut to be both amusing and humorous.
This movie is in the worst films of all time category.
trums-3577211 March 2022
It's not one of the entertaining worst films, it's the worst that you wish you'd never seen. I stumbled across this while doing a bit of a rabbit hole on streaming for London brothers films and this is one Jason's. I've always thought Jason was the more sturdy actor of the two and it's still true. His talent is wasted in this movie as the crooked cop who haunts a drug house.
The movie is aimless from an audiences perspective almost like if the creative force behind it were writing and producing it while on tranquilizers. It's harmless but, there are so many things that are at least a little bit more entertaining as in having at least a minor amount of artistic intent behind them. This reads like a generic idea with a series of dramatic scenarios having no scripted dialogue and virtually none of the cast should do improv. If there was a script...they should've gotten a better one. 99 percent of the people who start this movie won't finish the first 5 minutes and I don't blame them because the movie is aimless and it only becomes moreso as it moves on.
The movie is aimless from an audiences perspective almost like if the creative force behind it were writing and producing it while on tranquilizers. It's harmless but, there are so many things that are at least a little bit more entertaining as in having at least a minor amount of artistic intent behind them. This reads like a generic idea with a series of dramatic scenarios having no scripted dialogue and virtually none of the cast should do improv. If there was a script...they should've gotten a better one. 99 percent of the people who start this movie won't finish the first 5 minutes and I don't blame them because the movie is aimless and it only becomes moreso as it moves on.
Absolutely great
spidermom-483065 February 2021
Its intense ..heartfelt movie
Absolutely awsome ...in reality this is some peoples lives and the way its acted out is great 👍 anyone who disagrees are missing the point ...spund quality and picture has nothing to do with the point of a story ..
A story is to be heard dont matter the quality only the meaning and it tells about crime...family ...drug addiction loyalty ..child abuse ...and love
I totally enjoyed it and I would definitely recommend it
mum...why dont we make a movie?
ops-525351 September 2018
Well,i dont blame this'' family'' for trying, but this story of door bumpers, the filming, locations,adult acting and behaviour and handflapping acting are just as pennyless as the dads wallet in this story.drugs,corrupt policing,slapping,trafficking,slavery,child neglect and abuse, and prostitusion are keywords in this feature.some of the teenage cast does show som good acting,but spending 126 minutes at this feature is a waste of time.
it is what i cathegories as a ''hey''-movie,and thats a bad sounding word to use in a feature movie. if yuo shall have a look at this,do use the double speed feature on your olayer
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