When I saw Garden State Zach Braff won me over with his writing, directing, and acting skills. Now he has not written or directed a full film since, but he has most certainly acted in a bunch. The High Cost of Living marks Braff's finest acting work yet.
Henry Welles is an American drug dealer living in Montreal, and one night after turning down the wrong way on a one way street, he strikes a pregnant women, and leaves her lying there in the road. With his conscience weighing on him, and not knowing what happened to the women, he tracks her down, and they slowly develop a relationship, without her knowing he is the one responsible for the accident.
When I saw the trailer I thought I had this film figured out. I was wrong, and I give full credit to who ever cut the trailer because they decided to leave out a key part of the story. Im not gonna give it away but it makes the film that much more authentic. Isabelle Blais is absolutely spectacular Nathalie, the pregnant women. This is the first film I have seen her in as a leading actress, and she is very relaxed, she knows how to play with her emotions to make for the best scene.
The same can be said for Braff who in my opinion deserves an Oscar nomination. His subtlety of delivering complex, emotional dialogue is extremely accurate. When he is on screen by himself, he knows how to fill the frame with his body language. He knows how to make the audience connect with his character's. Braff is similar to how Natalie Portman acts, and I guess thats why they work so well together in Garden State.
This is Deborah Chow's first full length film, and she could not have done any better. I can't wait to see what is in store for her next. This is the type of film that I inspire to make. A film that keeps the audience fully invested, and intrigued by it's characters, and scenery. I doubt the film will get a wide release, but I was able to watch the film on Time Warner Cable's On Demand, Tribeca Film Festival category. So if you have that category on your On Demand check out the film. I give The High Cost of Living a 10 out of 10
Henry Welles is an American drug dealer living in Montreal, and one night after turning down the wrong way on a one way street, he strikes a pregnant women, and leaves her lying there in the road. With his conscience weighing on him, and not knowing what happened to the women, he tracks her down, and they slowly develop a relationship, without her knowing he is the one responsible for the accident.
When I saw the trailer I thought I had this film figured out. I was wrong, and I give full credit to who ever cut the trailer because they decided to leave out a key part of the story. Im not gonna give it away but it makes the film that much more authentic. Isabelle Blais is absolutely spectacular Nathalie, the pregnant women. This is the first film I have seen her in as a leading actress, and she is very relaxed, she knows how to play with her emotions to make for the best scene.
The same can be said for Braff who in my opinion deserves an Oscar nomination. His subtlety of delivering complex, emotional dialogue is extremely accurate. When he is on screen by himself, he knows how to fill the frame with his body language. He knows how to make the audience connect with his character's. Braff is similar to how Natalie Portman acts, and I guess thats why they work so well together in Garden State.
This is Deborah Chow's first full length film, and she could not have done any better. I can't wait to see what is in store for her next. This is the type of film that I inspire to make. A film that keeps the audience fully invested, and intrigued by it's characters, and scenery. I doubt the film will get a wide release, but I was able to watch the film on Time Warner Cable's On Demand, Tribeca Film Festival category. So if you have that category on your On Demand check out the film. I give The High Cost of Living a 10 out of 10