Reeseville (2003)

User Rating:

5.9/10   

Director:

Christian Otjen

Writers:

Christian Otjen (story) &
Jerry Holway (story) ...

Genre:

Mystery | Thriller

Plot:

Reeseville is a character driven murder mystery, set in the rural midwest. David Meyers (Brad Hunt)...

Cast

Brad Hunt	...	David Meyers
Majandra Delfino	...	Iris Buchanan
Brian Wimmer	...	Jason Buchanan
Missy Crider	...	Athee Collins
Mark Hamill	...	Zeek Oakman
Sally Struthers	...	Katie Oakman
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Matthew Stephen Baker	...	Chris
Jasmine E. Ballou	...	Rough Cut Warrior (as Jasmine Ballou)
Bill Belongia	...	Willie Tubert (as William Belongia)
Phillip Joseph Berns	...	Jerry (as Philip Joseph Berns)
Katherine Bomboy	...	Rough Cut Warrior
Bernard Bondar	...	Drunk
Dennis Bondar	...	Rough Cut Warrior
Michael Bondar	...	Bar Patron
Bragatto	...	Watson the Cat
Dale Bratz	...	Kid
Helen Caro	...	Rough Cut Warrior
Nee Chee	...	Ben the Dog
Tom Clark	...	Drunk
Roy Cochran	...	Pedestrian
Matt Cooper	...	Drunk
Carolyn Doerr	...	Rough Cut Warrior
Cookie Doerr	...	Bar Patron
Lee Ernst	...	PJ
Angela Featherstone	...	Judith Meyers
Anne E. Gapinski	...	Bar Patron
John J. Gapinski	...	Bar Patron (as John Gapinski)
Joseph Garcia	...	Rough Cut Warrior
Joseph Gibson	...	Bar Patron
Steve Goetsch	...	Bar Patron
Robbie Holst Jr.	...	Kid on Bike
Jerry Holway	...	Stop and Shop Patron (as Jerome Holway)
Kyle D. Hutson	...	Rough Cut Warrior (as Kyle Hutson)
Doug Jarecki	...	Rough Cut Warrior
Paul Johnson	...	Mullet Boy
Arlene Kahn	...	Nurse Two
Robin Klitzke	...	Rough Cut Warrior
Thomas E. Labisch Jr.	...	Truck Driver
Tom Labisch	...	Driver
Kristian Larsen	...	Bar Patron
Lynde Martino	...	Nurse One
Ann Morello	...	Lisa
Tom Moss	...	Bar Patron
David Nelson	...	Kid Playing Football
Laurie Nelson II	...	Woman Watering Lawn
Paul Nelson Jr.	...	Kid Playing Football
Lyn Marie Neuenfeldt	...	Bar Patron
Doug Ninmann	...	Bar Patron
Chick O'Neill	...	Dead Body
Carl Otjen	...	Rough Cut Warrior
Christian Otjen	...	Rough Cut Warrior (as Christian J. Otjen)
Lora Otjen	...	Rough Cut Warrior
Kelly Ott	...	Rough Cut Warrior
Steven Ott	...	Rough Cut Warrior
James Phillips	...	Rough Cut Warrior
Paul Phillips	...	Rough Cut Warrior
Simon Jon Provan	...	Rough Cut Warrior
Lloyd Quinn	...	Bar Patron
Peter Reeves	...	Dr. Reed
Dillon Ricard-Bealhen	...	Kid on Bike
Gina Ricard-Bealhen	...	Rough Cut Warrior
James Ridge	...	Crash Cart Guy / Rough Cut Warrior
Debashish Roy	...	Rough Cut Warrior (as Debashis Dasgupta)
Greg Sandquist	...	Scott
Ken Schimmel	...	Bowler
Sarah Schimmel	...	Nikita
Sharon Schimmel	...	Rough Cut Warrior
Jordan Seufzer	...	Kid on Bike
Barbara Simpson	...	Rough Cut Warrior
Michael Skewes	...	Will Eickler
Cotter Smith	...	John Meyers
Isabella Sotelo	...	Head Nurse
Amy Sumor	...	Rough Cut Warrior
David Taicher	...	Rough Cut Warrior
Jun Tang	...	Rough Cut Warrior
Ted Tyson	...	Chicken Dance Man
John Walski	...	Rough Cut Warrior
Mark Whalen	...	Matt
Ann Whitney	...	Rough Cut Warrior
Darryl Wilson	...	Rough Cut Warrior
Dean Ziegel	...	Rough Cut Warrior

Also Known As:

Constricted (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated R for violence, sexuality and language.

Runtime:

99 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

USA:R | UK:15

Filming Locations:

Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin, USA

Company:

Doomed Productions Ltd.

Soundtrack:

Heart in Hand

this movie spoils itself about 2/3rds in

I mean, come on! This movie had such nice potential but it's like they ran out of money to finish the script and just telegraphed the whole damn rest of the movie about 2/3rds of the way through. Characters start spouting this movies whole reason for existence to other characters who didn't ask for the information on extremely flimsy premises. They also fall into some stereotypical behavior because that must be what's expected in this genre of movie. It's really pretty sad because this movie could have been so much more.

I was really hoping this would be a good movie. There was some good acting. Mark Hamill does an excellent job until the movie falls apart, so does Sally Struthers. It was fun to see them working and succeeding at their craft. Majandra Delfino was pretty good for awhile until her lines just became untenable. I felt sad for her that she had to say these lines that just shot the whole movies credibility for any thinking movie goers. Brad Hunt does an excellent job. He really has a surprising range of talent judging from another of his movies I recently saw, Lucky 13. (which was a piece of crap). This guy could be a star if he could pick the right scripts and get lucky with the right director.

Almost forgot! The music was so heavy handed you might think this project was handed to some minor film school to be scored. I call this kind of music "Teller Music" because you can just tell what's coming next based on the music. Less is more sometimes.

Cut half of the music from this movie, get a good film editor, a small rewrite or two and this would be a very good movie.