Tangerine (2015)
6/10
Entertaining with a touch of darkness
30 August 2017
It's immediately clear this movie doesn't fit into conventional movie genres. The way it's shot can only be described as almost fly on the wall with a touch of voyeurism. Using iPhones to shoot this really allowed for the camera float around the scenes and it always felt like it was following the action not creating it. Despite the run and gun shooting style there is still a fluidity to the how everything is shot and it didn't resort to shaky cameras to make things seem exciting.

There's isn't much to the story but it still balanced the characters well and it didn't have any boring parts. The performances are overall a bit mixed in quality. There was a bit of contrast where the 2 lead women are on their own and you can tell they're not as experienced actors as the rest of the cast. But it didn't ruin movie for me it just gave it a bit more of an amateurish feel.

It's worth checking out and shooting a movie this way is a really interesting viewing experience that felt more real and similar in style to the movie 'Kids'.
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