Seriously. I love indie films, but this plays more like an inept Z-grade, straight-to-video fail of an "erotic thriller" of the type you'd find filling the shelves of your local video store in the early 90's. I gave it a watch because of the cast and I can't tell you how many times I wanted to turn it off. So glad I didn't have to pay to watch it on Amazon Prime. If you like the following, this is the movie for you!
1) droning voice-over narration by an emotionless character 2) shots that linger on minutia for small eternities for no discernible reason 3) boring, unsexy sex scenes that just feel embarrassing and exploitative 4) dumb plots that make very little sense and go nowhere 5) downbeat endings that resolve nothing
You've been warned. I'm still trying to wash this trash out of my head. It would've been instantly forgettable if I didn't feel so insulted by it. With most indies, you can feel the passion of the filmmakers. It's not easy making a movie so most of the time, you understand what drove the writer and/or director to do whatever it took to get their movie made. This thing feels like a film school thesis gone very wrong. There's no passion behind it. You don't feel any connection to any of the characters. Nor do you feel an artist's drive to tell a story that means something to them. Mostly, you'll probably just feel bewildered.
Plot-wise, it literally makes no sense that the unnamed mob boss offers up his moll, Ann as a gift to this William dude that he's trying to recruit and when William declines to sleep with her the first time they meet, suddenly the mob boss changes his tune and warns William to stay away from Ann. And of course, out of nowhere, William decides he can't stay away from her. There is absolutely no recognizable chemistry between William & Ann at that first meeting, but William is supposed to be totally smitten with her and ready to put both of their lives in danger to... what? Save her? She doesn't want saving. The second time they're together, she sits with him for an endless viewing of his dumb nature films. They never touch. They never kiss. They barely exchange a word. He gives her a kimono, and I guess that's love baby! At least in his weird, emotionless world.
We get to watch William slowly, pointlessly eat about five meals in this movie. We get to watch him amble around the streets doing nothing. We get to watch him sit around his empty storefront looking morose. Why? We never learn a damn thing about this cat. And God, those stupid nature films and their narration! Oh so symbolic! Of... what?
This is really one of the flattest movies I've ever seen. I'm not being facetious when I say it has no reason to exist. It has nothing of value to offer. It only gets 2/10 from me because I love Julianne Nicholson. You know how people sometimes say they could watch their favorite actor read the phone book? Well, I just did. And I wish I hadn't.
1) droning voice-over narration by an emotionless character 2) shots that linger on minutia for small eternities for no discernible reason 3) boring, unsexy sex scenes that just feel embarrassing and exploitative 4) dumb plots that make very little sense and go nowhere 5) downbeat endings that resolve nothing
You've been warned. I'm still trying to wash this trash out of my head. It would've been instantly forgettable if I didn't feel so insulted by it. With most indies, you can feel the passion of the filmmakers. It's not easy making a movie so most of the time, you understand what drove the writer and/or director to do whatever it took to get their movie made. This thing feels like a film school thesis gone very wrong. There's no passion behind it. You don't feel any connection to any of the characters. Nor do you feel an artist's drive to tell a story that means something to them. Mostly, you'll probably just feel bewildered.
Plot-wise, it literally makes no sense that the unnamed mob boss offers up his moll, Ann as a gift to this William dude that he's trying to recruit and when William declines to sleep with her the first time they meet, suddenly the mob boss changes his tune and warns William to stay away from Ann. And of course, out of nowhere, William decides he can't stay away from her. There is absolutely no recognizable chemistry between William & Ann at that first meeting, but William is supposed to be totally smitten with her and ready to put both of their lives in danger to... what? Save her? She doesn't want saving. The second time they're together, she sits with him for an endless viewing of his dumb nature films. They never touch. They never kiss. They barely exchange a word. He gives her a kimono, and I guess that's love baby! At least in his weird, emotionless world.
We get to watch William slowly, pointlessly eat about five meals in this movie. We get to watch him amble around the streets doing nothing. We get to watch him sit around his empty storefront looking morose. Why? We never learn a damn thing about this cat. And God, those stupid nature films and their narration! Oh so symbolic! Of... what?
This is really one of the flattest movies I've ever seen. I'm not being facetious when I say it has no reason to exist. It has nothing of value to offer. It only gets 2/10 from me because I love Julianne Nicholson. You know how people sometimes say they could watch their favorite actor read the phone book? Well, I just did. And I wish I hadn't.