Reviews

Looper was robbed of an Academy Award Nomination for screen writing. This screenplay will be used as an example in writing classes and books for years to come. I was watching the film and I kept rooting for different characters and caring for all of them, knowing that some of them would not make it. They kept me guessing, not knowing which direction they would next take and wondering how the protagonists were going to overcome the new challenges/ obstacles that they were facing. Great direction and performances by Joseph Gordon Levitt and Bruce Willis. Emily Blunt was also excellent and the little boy who played her son was fascinating to watch. Really enjoyed it. I had no idea how the movie would end.

I found the film very inspiring and I highly recommend it. A true story about a family doing their very best to raise a troubled young man as best as they can. The acting was superb, the cast did not feel like they were acting. Alvaro Orlando as the young man/boxer gives an excellent performance. Oscar Torre as his uncle and ex-boxer, who is fighting to keep his dignity while raising his nephew as best as he can, gives a heart breaking performance, as well as Yeniffer Behrens as his drug addicted mother and Ivonne Coll as the grandmother and the glue that keeps the family together. Danny Trejo as a mental health counselor gives one of his best performances, in a role we are not accustomed to seeing him. Kenneth Castillo does a fine job with the direction. My only critique is, the boxing sequences seemed a little low budget but this is much more than a boxing film, it's a story about survival.