Dying for Dollars (2007 Video) User Reviews

Without Guy D. Wells, this movie would have been nothing.

[indiefan2020 · 7/10 · 11 December 2007]

I have been a fan of Guy D. Wells for many years, so when I saw he tackled the role of a mentally challenged man, I was intrigued. Boy, let me tell you, he delivered. It is obvious this is his film. His talent makes everyone else in the cast look like they need to really get in an acting class.

The story is good, but it's those moments that Guy takes that really just made me melt and forget I was watching a low budget indie and really empathize with his character and the horrible family that constantly abuses him.

Guy took a so-so script with obvious amateur film-makers and cast and made it worth watching. I rated this as very good simply due to his performance. If there would have been only one other cast member who could keep up with him, I would have rated it excellent.

Hello,Its Grandma...No you cant VISIT ME HERE !!!

[guestar57 · 7/10 · 15 November 2007]

DYING FOR DOLLARS http://dyingfordollars.angelfire.com/ Starring: Guy D. Wells Produced by: Golden West Films Written & Directed by: Ray Etheridge. This is perhaps the BEST effort out of the ETHERIDGE film school/studio yet !

The character of BENNY is played well by Guy Wells ( Seen on Passions and General Hospital soaps),Guy is very talented and shows that this film company is trying to upgrade their actors and give them something wonderful for their resume. The story has twists and turns going from a drama to murder mystery in the blink of a TV remote,That happens to have contests.The two parental types are really morally-lacking characters that are well played for us.I missed the grandma almost as much as Benny did,Great sympathy factor. I hope others will get as much out of this film( Available at Amazon.com) as this reviewer did. Another inspiring song by Migdalia," Sweet Benny".

What the hell was that?

[postmanwhoalwaysringstwice · 4/10 · 20 December 2007]

"Dying for Dollars" is one of those ultra-low budget movies that are exceedingly flawed, but represent a bigger picture of the independent film sector of the industry, thus encouraging a vote of confidence in the 'good effort' department. This is not a very good movie, but it's so sporadically interesting and occasionally weird that the budgetary restraints noticeably did not keep the filmmakers from making something marginally watchable. Basically the story follows a family full of gamblers as they lose big and hope grandma dies soon so they can cash in. Or something like that, but there is some less focused plot line about the special needs adult cousin that insults the intelligence of all involved. Is this a dark comedy? It's not quite clear, because the tone is all over the map, and the over the top nature of the piece may or may not relate to the amateurish performances. The main filmmaker who handled the writing, directing, and camera duties has a surprisingly full resume here on IMDb, given the mostly freshman textbook shot list they must have working from and the aforementioned out of control acting. This is one of those festival circuit flicks that will never get much of an audience, and kind of doesn't deserve one, but it is a reminder that there are plenty of alternatives to the Cineplex good, bad, and the uncertain space in between that "Dying for Dollars" occupies.