Reflections in the Mud (2009)

Director:

Nyk Fry

Writers:

Nyk Fry (writer)
Mike Hamill (writer)

Release Date:

3 April 2009 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Romance

Tagline:

The toughest story of her life.

Plot:

Leslee Williams is a photojournalist who, despite international recognition and personal beauty, finds romance less than successful...

Plot Keywords:

Male Female Relationship | Veteran

Cast

Jodi Russell	...	Leslee Williams
Mike Hamill	...	Jonathan Powell
Marc Raymond	...	Ray McCormick
Curt Dousett	...	Josh
Sina Amedson	...	The Businessman
Marie Westbrook	...	Million Air Hostess / Agent Cheyenne
Emily Dunn	...	Phonious Operator (as Emily Tyndall)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Sara Adle	...	Legend Civilian #3
Matt Allen	...	MIB1
Rebekah Allen	...	Rebekah
James Andrews	...	Colonel Mark Gibson
Winton Clark Aposhian	...	Firearms Instructor
Ulysses Balanzategui	...	Baseball Pitcher
R.J. Barrington	...	Robbie
Amanda Barrus	...	Amanda
Jamie Bastian	...	Girl on Phone
Sammy Beckstead	...	Exotic Dancer
Erin Benos	...	Exotic Dancer
Greg Bentley	...	Agent Steve
Jacki Bladen	...	Jacki
Steve Boyd	...	Television Evangelist
Sharalynda Brown	...	Exotic Dancer
David Candland	...	News Anchor
Elma Ceric	...	Bosnian Newsreader
Lance Chapman	...	Camera Clerk
Emiliya Chernova	...	Emiliya
Megan Clark	...	Megan
Tayler Covington	...	Phonious Operator #3
Antonio Cruz	...	Hispanic Newsreader
Diana Davey	...	Diana
Debora De' Oliveira	...	Ferrari Girl
Arsalan Mitch Dezham	...	Legend Civilian #4
Arshia Chase Dezham	...	Legend Civilian #1
Mari Dezham	...	Legend Civilian #7
Jonathan Duffey	...	Pizza Place Guy
Alain Eav	...	Asian Businessman
Wendy Eav	...	Hispanic TV Newsreader
Katie Ercanbrack	...	Katie
Brandie Frampton	...	Brandie Varner
Nyk Fry	...	Therapist
Nate Gardner	...	Nate
Alisha Garner	...	Alisha
Gator	...	Exotic Club Patron
Emily Glick	...	Big Picture American Soldier
Talitha Hanks	...	Phonious Supervisor
Michelle Harper	...	Michelle
Howard Hong	...	Camera Store Owner
Heather Housley	...	Young Leslee
Tyrel Howard
Adrian Hunter	...	Geekbox #1
Debbie Ireland	...	Debbie
Heidi Johnson	...	Heidi
Ian Jones	...	Ian
Lauryn Kent	...	Lauryn
Aimy Kersey	...	British TV Anchor
Paul Kersey	...	British TV Anchor
Scotty Larsen	...	Exotic Club Patron
Anthony Leger	...	James Fowler
Noelle Lewon	...	Nikki
Jonni Lightfoot	...	Assassin
Danielle Lin	...	Herself
Andrew Lu	...	Pvt. Jones / SARA Agent JIM
Andrew Madson	...	Pvt. Lucas / Workout Guy #2
Tiffany Matthews	...	Tiffany
Devin McClure	...	Young Jonathan
Tennyson Moss	...	Tenny
Kylie Murrin	...	Kylie
Zac Mussatt	...	Geekbox #2
Amir Nazari	...	Legend Civilian #6
Tye Nelson	...	Exotic Club Patron
Bellamy Nentwich	...	Exotic Dancer
Kung Nguyen	...	Vietnamese TV Newsreader
Derek K. Nielsen	...	Jesse Randall
Jorie Nieman	...	Big Picture American Soldier 2
Kimiya Nourian	...	Legend Civilian #5
Maziar Nourian	...	Legend Civilian #2
Morgan Ostler	...	Morgan
Amanda Palmer	...	Amanda
Mike Peer	...	Parker
Bethany Prince	...	TV Weather Presenter
Ivan Radcliff	...	Soldier
Kyle Rhoades	...	Kyle
Roshan Sahami	...	Big Picture Civilian Woman
Irene Santiago	...	Mother in park
Sterling Santiago	...	Boy in Park
Hassan Sherkat	...	Farsi Speaker (voice)
Viktoriya Shershnova	...	Agent Svetlana
William Shipe	...	MIB2
Ashley Smith	...	Agent Jean
Thien Sok	...	Chinese TV Newsreader
Chelsi Stahr	...	Nurse Zollinger
Sean Stevenson	...	Baseball Catcher
Chris Sugden	...	Exotic Club Patron
Natalie Taylor	...	Natalie
Vy Tran	...	TV Evangelist
Peter Van Horn	...	Kyle Moot
Dimitria Van Leeuwen	...	Exotic Dancer
Adam Varble	...	Cigarette Smoker
Brandy Vega	...	American TV News Anchor
Whitney Washburn	...	Whitney
Michelle Wright	...	American TV News Anchor
Jenna Wylie	...	Jenna

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Filming Locations:

Utah, USA

Company:

Ogab Productions

Deserves to stay in the mud for eternity.

It is no surprise that this is only the second comment ever written about this movie, this waste of space, this film so dire that even a viewer as undemanding as . . . . me . . starts to physically hate it.

Jodi Russell plays Leslee Williams, a pretty and award-winning photojournalist. Her life is going along just fine until she bumps into Jonathan Powell (played by Mike Hamill), an old school associate whom she remembers fondly thanks to a poem he wrote for her with the title "Reflections In The Mud". Her life then gets better and better with love blooming and everything just rosy. Then Jonathan's work takes him away and the absence begins to stretch out. Has he left her for another woman? Does he have a shady career? Could any viewer actually care?

If you know someone with a digital photo frame containing a 100 or more random images of their family and family events then grab it and watch it because even that would be better than watching this terminally dull rubbish. It has a glossy sheen and some moments of pretension but the phrase "you can't polish a turd" has never been more apt in my personal viewing history.

Based partly on the "poetry" of Mike Hamill, this film reeks of the very worst in well-intentioned rubbish. Despite the respect given to the subject matter it still felt insulting to those it was acknowledging although I'm not sure why. Perhaps it was the awful, flowery poetry. Perhaps it was the sudden fade-outs every 3 minutes. Perhaps it was the godawful acting. In fact, it was all of these things and so much more. Avoid at all costs.

See this if you like: Sunset Beach, pouring powerful floor-cleaning products into your eyes with a smile on your face.