Calico Skies (Director's Cut)

What a great film this was and as others have stated very depressing. Sizemore was a revelation. That small part of everyone's brain that tells us were worthless as we try to hold on to someone or something.

Poetic, riveting, outstanding! Valerio Esposito's attentive eye managed to recount a very touching story, outstandingly directed.

Tom Sizemore's performance is impeccable at every shot and brings to the movie a sense or lightness and charisma only he could have pulled.

Calico Skies is a gem that has to be discovered from all the cinephiles around the world. An important movie that came at the right time, raising up the standards for what we know to be GOOD CINEMA!

This was a very good movie. Tom Sizemore has had his issue's but hes a very underrated actor. I think it might be a little slow for some but a very well made movie all around.

Calico Skies was very poetic. There were beautifully composed shots and calculated edits. It stood out and reverberated emotionally. The socially awkward Phoenix was perfection. I loved the sequence of shots after he yells at his neighbors. Where he's sitting on his couch, hitting himself, the way the camera gets so close that its his eye and the surface of the couch. We're right there with him in his dread. The way his van is yellow, echoes his yellow belly coward self. Those small touches spoke volumes. This film is arguably Tom Seizmore's best film in his entire career. It revitalizes him not just as an artist but as a flesh and blood man. He's the Everyman of the 21st Century, closed off, plagued with regret, and blossoming with love. Valerie Esposito paints a simple narrative with complex emotions, breathtaking shots, and a true sense of what it is to be a person in this ever judging desert that encapsulates us all. Not a film to be missed!

Tom Sizemore is the real deal. Look at IMDB and see how busy he stays making movies. He is clearly interested in making the best movies he possibly can, and in the case of this movie his performance captures an aspect of the human condition that is not explored on a regular basis. Truly worth checking out, the payoff comes when the movie is over and you have an opportunity to take Sizemore's complete performance into consideration.