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1/10
It was made cheap and it looks cheaper
13 December 2012
Cinematography would be too big a word for this movie. In fact, movie is too big a word, let's call it a video.

The story is accurately described as "boy meets girl". And that's pretty much it. Why should anyone care? Why would anybody want to watch this? For me it was a plain accident, I downloaded the wrong movie. I was looking for the (excellent) British movie "Beautiful Thing". What tragic mistake.

The acting in "Beautiful ThingS" was just god-awful, it made me cringe so hard I was afraid I would be constipated for weeks.

It was one of those movie experiences where you constantly keep thinking "what in the hell am I watching this?" The video quality (I refuse to use the word cinematography here) is decidedly cheap. Like it was shot with a consumer level digital camera. The video is in black & white except some weird dialog scenes between another couple that are shot in color and interspersed throughout the b/w video. This should probably add even more of an "artistic" touch. Well, it didn;t do anything to me but annoy me.

it was cheap to make this video. Some reviewers mention $2.000, others mention $5.000 (some of these reviews seem a bit too familiar with the film maker to be considered real reviews, just some friends trying to help out their buddy who likes to make videos). This is the only positive thing I can find about this video: Not more money got wasted making it.

What is a bit strange is that one of the (positive) reviews published here can also be seen on the Amazon page for the DVD where it was published by the video taper (no, he's certainly not a director) Tambay Amadi Obenson. That's somehow sad.
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Rare Exports (2010)
8/10
A Xmas movie -maybe not for the whole family...
13 December 2012
Don't show this movie to young kids! There are hints of cannibalism and there is generous male frontal nudity. If you have a soft spot for dark, funny and slightly disturbing Holiday movies then you will love this.

My wife and I had tears in our eyes at times.

Some of the CGI scenes might be a bit over the top and add a bit of unnecessary cheesiness but then again, it's a Xmas-fantasy-adventure movie.

It would be a shame to give away anything on the story.

Great cinematography (besides the CGI sequences). This movie has a great, vintage, gritty look to it.
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10/10
Amazing!
13 December 2012
This was one of the great surprises you can have when renting out what proves to be a real "sleeper".

The acting was amazing, Prince Adu was absolutely brilliant and I just couldn't believe that this man had no former experience as an actor. I'm fairly convinced that we will see much more of this man in the future.

In fact, it was almost as much fun to watch the specials and to get to experience the story behind this film as it was watching the movie itself.

The story is multi-faceted, deeply engaging and warmhearted.

There is a lot of truth in this movie and as somebody who has spent over 8 years living in NYC, it opens your eyes to what rich stories this city has to tell.

This movie is one of those rare examples where you sense that while they shot it, everything just fell into place perfectly. There is something truly magic about The Prince Of Broadway.
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