Too many characters in this story, distracting from the main drama: the death of a twin, which seems almost an afterthought. Instead of concentrating on that and the relationship of the 2 siblings (and the one's love interest) their family become the relevant focus, which might make sense....but! The problem is that for no particular reason a large amount of time is spent around the little annoying sister; she's not fun, nice, key to the story or the narrative; so is the grandma, a conservative religious woman dressed -why?- for a kinky party. The main characters, the living twin, and the dead-twin-boyfriend, have a limited, fragmented time, where we understand little and wish for much more, to no avail. Even the last scene, at the cemetery, where we expect something to happen, is interrupted after 1 minute by: the grandma, the little horrible sister, the other sister fresh of an intercourse in a car, and her uber-boyfriend. A movie with a great potential, but a poor direction. BRAVO to Noah Urrea for his portrait of Mason, but unfortunately, he cannot alone save the movie. A suggestion: do not use smart kids in films, they are often unbearable. That little girl is the perfect example of what one should never do in a movie. Over the top, and incredibly ANTIPATICO.
6 Reviews
Tasteful
JeanFlores-Dickens19 April 2022
Great movie
Low budget....absolutely
But gets the message across
Really tasteful!
It is a message that has be normalised.
The acting was mainly good...I have not heard of the director/writer but I will have to look them up.
It is a message that has be normalised.
The acting was mainly good...I have not heard of the director/writer but I will have to look them up.
A relative passed, internal family issues surface
edwedw10 December 2021
This movie was good. The family comes together at the request of the youngest child (who I think has OCD) to honor Mitchel who has passed potentially via suicide. Mason is trying to connect with his dead twin brother, however, he can. There are family issues with the the father afraid to face the truth, the stepmother who appears cold, the alcoholic older sister, the boyfriend, etc... it felt real without being exhaustive or extremely heavy. In the end you realize we're all people trying to get through it.
A very sad tale
xander896 March 2023
Warning: Spoilers
This was a bit of disappointment for me, The two main characters we're good enough actors. However the rest of the cast were quit bad. This film has all the potential to be a great film. I'f only the plot was better less depressing and just less plain boring. It's almost like they had the right idea but the writers, just couldn't do a good enough job portraying this bizarre mixture of bad acting and bad feelings. I can appreciate the fact that the characters, actually look legitimately like teenage boys, instead of 35 year olds playing high schoolers. So over all I give this a 4 because of the crap script. You will probably like this one, if your into super overly dramatic and depressing themes the whole way through. The movie just didn't do it for me.
portrait of family
Kirpianuscus28 December 2022
A fair portrait of family , together to commemorate the memory of one of its late members. The brother, the sisters, the boyfriend, the stap mother, the grand mother, the pastor and his girl friend and the father.
Secrets and hidden sufferences, attitudes, secrets and options. And, sure, vulnerabilities.
A beautiful film , not only for image or acting but, first, for the problems explored in fair - honest manner. Admirable portrait of Mason , remembering, in some measure, Conrad from Ordinary People by Robert Redford , offered by Noah Urrea , smart craft of tension and beautiful, realistic image of precociious child - Molly - In fact, the realism is the basic source of seduction of this just touching film.
Secrets and hidden sufferences, attitudes, secrets and options. And, sure, vulnerabilities.
A beautiful film , not only for image or acting but, first, for the problems explored in fair - honest manner. Admirable portrait of Mason , remembering, in some measure, Conrad from Ordinary People by Robert Redford , offered by Noah Urrea , smart craft of tension and beautiful, realistic image of precociious child - Molly - In fact, the realism is the basic source of seduction of this just touching film.
I couldn't find anything good
foszen4 February 2023
Sometimes I wonder how people manage to bring out a movie without anyone saying to them that they have made an awful bad movie. Really everything in this movie is wrong: the directing, the pace, the composition, the sound recording, the script, the dialogues, the 'special' effects, the acting, the timing, the focus on the themes, even the choise of music and the make up And the voice of character Molly sounds so irritating that even my dog went nervous from it.
What a waste of time, probably talent and money.
They should use this movie as a case for students who are learning the art of making a movie to show them them all the possible mistakes they never should make.
What a waste of time, probably talent and money.
They should use this movie as a case for students who are learning the art of making a movie to show them them all the possible mistakes they never should make.
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