Reviews

I saw the House of Adam, the filmmakers latest film. It prompted me to rent "The Singing Forest". I don't remember reading so many negative remarks about a film. But then I stop to think and after reviewing a few pages of movies I noticed the following. All of them had someone who taught the film was the "worst movie ever" or someone, probably a relative who followed up by adding they thought it was also "awful". I liked the premise and what the filmmaker was trying to achieve here. I think it was overly ambition, but nonetheless I got the message. I found Singing Forest to be artistic and poetic. I like any film - A LOT - that has a lot of creativity and originality. Believe me... this one does. There are a lot of subtle messages in words, images not necessarily associated with what's going on in the main story. I guess I' call it a "back story". The reunification of the souls was quiet clever. I did not expect the ending. But then again, I did not know where this was going as I watched. That was refreshing. The story was gripping and engaging. I'll definitely recommend for my friends to watch or buy. It's a good title for any indie film collection of hidden gems.

I've been a champion of independent films for years. I liked this film it so much I felt the need to comment on it. I read the reviews on this site and notice most have different reason why they liked or dislike the film. First, I must say taking into consideration this was probably done on a modest budget, the production values are okay. The cinematography is very good. Now to the story. I found it to be well written and original. The writing is strong and to the point. The lead characters are well fleshed out. It has several moving moments that probably works well enough to squeeze a tear or two out of the viewer. The acting of the females in this picture was not the best, as a matter a fact, I thought it was pretty raw, but passable. The main actors were very good. I can see them going on to do great things, specially the guy that plays Antony. He had a natural yet striking presence. He has lead written all over and he commands attention. This is one of those film that has so many genres mixed in it, you are better off sitting back and going for the ride.