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Chance (2002)
Completely Contrived Chance
I had the opportunity to see the world premiere of this film at the Birmingham Festival in September of 2002. I must say, it was probably the worst movie at the festival. The dialogue was completely contrived and not natural. The characters were flat and blatantly overdone archetypes. Amber Benson plays a twenty something year old young woman that is looking for "the one". Even with the unoriginal plot, she could have made something meaningful out of the film, but she really didn't. There is nothing in this movie that hasn't been done better in other movies.Jokes came off as pathetic attempts to be "cool and urban", while the melodrama was filled with angst (the bad kind). It seemed to me that the romantic relationships of Chance were created to please Amber Benson-in-Buffy fans. The plot of the movie was nothing new, and nothing even interesting. I am certain that this only won the audience award because of the utterly devoted and sometimes maniacal Amber Benson fans at the festival. This film doesn't deserve distribution as it is contrived, humorless, and a pathetic attempt to move Amber Benson past the realm of television. She deserves better than this movie.