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Nero Bloom: Private Eye (2009)
An Actor's Opinion
This is a hard film to judge. It is an ambitious student film, one that asks to be judged not as such but as an "almost" film. At 45 minutes, it is not exactly short, but nor is it feature length. And it is a period film which makes an admirable attempt to capture the "look" of a 40s piece, something not easily done with the non-existent budget typical of student work.
For students, this is excellent work and merits high praise. The production quality bar is set surprisingly high. The acting is passable, which in the iffy world of student films makes it well above the watermark.
Where I feel the film could have been improved was in playing with the genre. It presents a film noir plot line with little creativity. Go in with your expectations set for a plot of that era, and you will get your wish. This is good, but in order to be a truly remarkable film in and of itself, one feels it needed a little more kick to it.
That said, the film well merits 9/10 stars when viewed in context as a student film.