Terri had the potential of being a good movie 30 minutes in. There are two interesting characters we are introduced to: The main character - which is an overweight teen who has basically given up being accepted into society, demonstrating his resignation by wearing pajamas to school. And, the Assistant Principal Mr. Fitzgerald who, once a "monster" himself, is trying to help the misfits ("monsters") at his school understand that life will gradually get better. However, as the movie progresses there were in particular two aspects that destroyed the film for me:
1) I found little reason to sympathize with Terri. He has the same zombie-like acting through the entire film – and he has no interesting dialogue. But worst of all is that there is absolutely no character development throughout the film. At the end of the movie he is still walking around in his pajamas and he has learnt nothing. (And neither have we.. see next point.)
2) There is no clear story and no clear message to the film. Mr. Fitzgerald has some good monologues and some nice acting, but it remains very unclear what the makers of this film are trying to communicate. Also, in light of the fact that Terri has no character development throughout the movie, he didn't seem to learn anything either – so what was the point? And seriously: 30mins of three teens getting drunk and drugged-out with some ridiculous dialogue and completely unrealistic actions. Last half of this movie was garbage.
(I am, by the way, sick and tired of the endless number of movies which has to put drug-abuse into its films. Makes me wonder if every director is completely doped out Probably!)
1) I found little reason to sympathize with Terri. He has the same zombie-like acting through the entire film – and he has no interesting dialogue. But worst of all is that there is absolutely no character development throughout the film. At the end of the movie he is still walking around in his pajamas and he has learnt nothing. (And neither have we.. see next point.)
2) There is no clear story and no clear message to the film. Mr. Fitzgerald has some good monologues and some nice acting, but it remains very unclear what the makers of this film are trying to communicate. Also, in light of the fact that Terri has no character development throughout the movie, he didn't seem to learn anything either – so what was the point? And seriously: 30mins of three teens getting drunk and drugged-out with some ridiculous dialogue and completely unrealistic actions. Last half of this movie was garbage.
(I am, by the way, sick and tired of the endless number of movies which has to put drug-abuse into its films. Makes me wonder if every director is completely doped out Probably!)