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Beautiful Loser (2008)
Moving little film
I saw this at the Philly Film Festival Friday night. the place was very full -- nearly sold out -- and the director and producers were there. I think this was the premiere.
The story is told with two sets of cast and it took me a few minutes to catch on as to who was who but once I did it was fine. Half of the film is when the characters are in high school, the other half when they're adults in their late 30s or 40s. The film cuts back and forth between them, which I thought at first I would hate, but it worked because I don't really think the movie would work in a linear fashion.
The first few minutes were a little hard to get into, but slowly the film drew me further and further in until I really wanted to know what will happen with the characters. There's a very strong spiritual theme. A couple of guys behind me hated that part of it, but it wasn't preachy and who the characters were.
What I liked most was that I've never seen a film like this before -- told in this fashion. It's challenging and makes you think. The characters also stayed with me. in the Q&A the director said he wanted to explore the theme of regret. For me it was more about lost love, something a lot of people can relate to.