All I see is hate for this film, and I get their criticism, but I also think they're missing out.
It's a low-budget, indie film made in Cleveland. The actors are green, the whole enterprise is small, they had a budget of $30,000.
Where "I Heard You Buy Souls" shines is in the script, which is honestly, rare these days. And that coupled with actually likeable characters which are also lacking these days, and some fun sound engineering and visuals kept me watching to the end.
I found it easy to relate to those struggling to get ahead, only to get stepped over all their lives, in a society that does not care.
The movie begs the question, why would God put Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden and include both trees, the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, unless he wanted them to eat from them?
The idea that he gave them the choice to obey or not is ridiculous, because God also gave them the spirit to choose, and with choice always comes the desire to grow, to learn, to know more, and the moment you tell someone not to do something, they will want to do it, like kids with cigarettes and drinking. We are wired to find out for ourselves, not to remain ignorant... and that too, God must havve coded into us. Meaning, God wanted them to eat from it and disobey. In a sense, Adam and Eve were not kicked out of the garden, but freed from it, like a starter zone in an online MMORPG.
And in some ways, our planet itself is a starter zone in an MMO.
So, the movie brought up some interesting ideas, and told them in a new way, which is rare... so for that, I think the movie is better than the current IMDb rating of 2.5, but not many will look deeper to appreciate it and it shows.
Daniel Christopher McCurry as Fallon was one of the breakout actors here, showing potential, incidentally, he was also the writer and director, but I also rather enjoyed the acting of some others as well.
I would say check it out.
