What was that? An afterschool special? This is what happens when a kid with experience writes a movie and somehow, inconceibably, it gets turned into a movie. This film is one cliche after another, where everything of course eventually turns out fine and everyone learns the proper lessons. The lead character, also the writer, is constantly mugging for the camera. A v ery annoying smirkThe music is a drag. A few periphereal characters were interesting, such as the old guy at the bar and the chili dog eater, although the latter is a bit over the top. His mother is an atrocious actress. Coudln't even hack it in a soap. Oh, and people just don't up and give away their boat/home. Ridiculous. It's all just so pretentious nonsense. It's sappy, mundane, trivial, and a very by the numbers effort. Somehow I made it to the predictable end. And where the heck did these people have tne money to live as they did? Total disconnect. An overflowing pail of slop nothing more.
Review of Born & Raised
