Amy's F**k It List (2023) User Reviews

Tries to get a quart into a pint, and fails

[stevelivesey-37183 · 4/10 · 2 November 2023]

You can make a movie about how crummy a single women's life is. You can make a movie about a terminal cancer diagnosis. You can make a movie about a bucket list. You can make a movie about hookup culture. You can make a sexual assault revenge movie. You can maybe make a movie with two or three of these plot points. But you cannot make a movie with all of them.....with a budget as low as this.......in seventy eight minutes.

This is a bad movie not because of all the above but the sheer hubris of a writer director that should know better. The direction and editing are weak, the acting is corny and if you think the viewing public will accept 'boss babe gets her revenge on a bunch of white guys' storylines anymore, then you are very much mistaken and will soon join the queue at the employment centre nearest you soon enough.

Find some other movie to watch.

[liggett-00649 · 3/10 · 17 October 2023]

The two leads were pleasant enough to watch. They have more talent than this movie deserves. Story just never really engaged me. I did hang in & watched til the end hoping for some kind of a positive ending. Did not happen. A few funny scenes, but more cringy ones than entertaining ones. Seems like it got to the end and the writer didn't know how to tie it up with an ending that was plausible, so they threw in a last minute "twist" that made even less sense than the rest of the movie. Seems like too many of these kinds of movies showing up anymore. Guess just about anyone can make a movie now days whether the story makes any sense or not. One last thing. Most of the actors in this cannot act at all and the writer must think that the use of the big "F" word makes their acting better. It doesn't.

Low quality low budget movie

[watchetgraham · 4/10 · 20 December 2023]

I liked the two lead actors. They did a good job with poor quality material. Their characters were the only believable ones - all of the others were caricatures.

There were abundant holes in the storyline. It never felt "real" and often moved into fantasy. There were a few good laughs but not enough to compensate for blandness of everything else. Sound quality was inconsistent and sometimes very poor - particularly in dialogu-heavy scenes. The "shock" ending is ludicrous and totally unbelievable.

This movie is just about watchable the whole way through, but at the end you'll definitely wish you picked something better to watch.

Amy has an interesting plan, but this movie is sorely lacking.

[TxMike · 5 October 2023]

So here's the concept. A 25-yr-old lady working as a dollar store employee has an episode at work, she sees a doctor, she gets the bad news. She has a brain tumor, a Glioblastoma, and she will die in three days. (In reality the condition is NOT that deadly for an otherwise healthy person.) So she decides, with the encouragement of her sister, to make her F-it list (rhymes with bucket list). But the first five are trivial things, like the people who use the phone when in line, or mistaken fast food orders, or the people who bring 20 items to the 5 item line, or misbehavior at the school drop off lane. And she eats cake and ice cream for breakfast instead of healthier oatmeal.

Number six on her list is a big one but we have no hint of it until, literally, the last minute of the movie. Most of the movie seems to just be killing time, like the several slow conversations with her sister, or between her pregnant sister and her husband.

The actresses who play the two sisters are very capable, Alyson Gorske as the dying girl, Amy Taylor. And Angel Prater as her pregnant sister, Mary Taylor. The plot also contains a scheme to get back $300,000 that they considered "stolen" from them by a businessman. But truthfully, the script is awful, sophomoric, several scenes are played out in a cartoonish manner.

No, not a good movie at all. Filmed in the year 2000 during COVID time, much of it in Sacramento and nearby cities. I watched it streaming on Amazon Prime.

Cartoonish and dumb

[brianstimdb · 1/10 · 25 December 2023]

Basically a revenge fantasy about common society annoyances - people who talk on the phone while in line and not paying attention when it is their turn to order, for example - but the premise and the payoff are both weak. The foes the movie presents are exaggerated, cartoonish and cliche. Another example - a bank might turn down your loan, but not with the contrived cartoony arrogance of the character portrayed here.

The acting, filming, everything, has the aesthetic of the non-sex parts of porn. You could record a high school play on your phone and have a decent chance that it would result in a better movie.

They blatantly steal from the "flair" jokes from Office Space, admit during the movie it is stealing that from Office Space, and then proceed to do nothing more interesting with the bit, they just do a poorer job of presenting the same thing.

I don't even understand other reviews here giving any credit to the acting. It is terrible. The whole thing sucks, the dialog is bad, the acting is bad, the plot is weak and dumb. It's just a handful of annoying behaviors and a person with (ha-ha, I guess?) a terminal illness having a no-holds-barred attitude against them. And everyone clapped.

So, so, dumb, and so poorly executed.

I'm annoyed and depressed having wasted part of my life seeing this. I don't usually write reviews, but I now feel it is my only salvation from this not-even-good-bad garbage. I'm annoyed that Amazon Prime Video even had this in its catalog for me to stupidly stumble into and think that it might be good. I'm depressed that I watched half of it before I started skipping over parts to get to the end, hoping the movie might save itself somehow. No, it is just dumb, it gets more dumb, and then it wraps it up in an unfunny, cringey, awkward, just weird out of nowhere dumb bow.

Save yourself. Stop reading reviews on this movie, run away, don't look back, and never think of this movie again. It is too late for me, but you can still go and live your life. Run.

Amy hits the wrong note

[chebosky · 5/10 · 9 February 2024]

So I now have a crush on Alyson Gorske after watching Obliterated on Netflix, so now I am obligated to watch everything she has ever been in. Amy's F-it List has a premise that could go in a lot of directions and I had no idea going in what kind of tone this movie would have. I expected a light hearted drama which seems like what they were aiming for, but it misses the mark

For a brief synopsis, basically our heroine is living a dead end life after the death of her father when she finds out she has a terminal brain tumor, so she and her sister go on a quest to check off her f it list. From the moment the list is introduced everything just feels rushed and nothing is given the weight it should have given the circumstances involved. The moments that should be funny just come off as corny and the moments that should be heart wrenching just feel like nothing. There's no weight to the subject matter. Much like Amy, it feels like the film makers had a list of scenes to get through, but not enough to connect them and better understand the characters. It doesn't evoke any emotion for the heavy subject matter

This feels like a rough draft of a better movie. Honestly this seemed like a movie I could have seen in the 90s. That's not necessarily a bad thing, but the direction, script, and acting all do not seem in line with modern film making and cultural sensibilities. One egregious example is the final list item that is just sort of thrown in like an after thought when it should be a huge all encompassing topic. I think we are supposed to surmise that this is the reason Amy's life goes off track, but the whole movie pins this on her father's death, so it just doesn't work and feels like a cheap ploy to shock the audience

Alyson Gorske and Angel Prater who plays her sister are fine actors, they just didn't have the right ingredients to make this work. It all just comes off as a senior year film studies project. However, I like the idea and think it could work in a more refined movie, and given my new crush on Gorske I can't give this less than a 5. If you have nothing else to watch on a Sunday afternoon it might help you pass the time while scrolling on your phone and folding laundry.

Ambitious Indie Comedy with a Definite Perspective

[baccaruda1 · 7/10 · 31 January 2024]

"Amy's 'Eff It List" is an ambitious comedy with lots to say, especially as it cruises along to it's interesting conclusion. Also, this film isn't easily classified, because the are so many concepts presented throughout. But it's mostly about the freedoms one may consider taboo when someone has all the time in the world, but are FAR from taboo when there are only a few days left on this earth. As I watched, I asked myself and my wife about the things we might do if we ever discovered we had an acutely terminal illness. It was with great interest that I discovered there is a HUGE difference in perspective between genders, and this film shows what a woman might consider. Some things were totally apropos, others...not so much. Some of the concepts stick, others are a little more obtuse or perhaps out of place, but this film definitely has its own viewpoint, and if there are any real gripes or misgivings about the broad range of the story, the performances more than make up for that. The film is shot and directed well, and there were good laughs to be had throughout...which to me, makes for a successful comedy. 3 1/2 stars.

Straight up, it's a journey that'll have you buggin' from start to finish.

[scanscapework · 8/10 · 6 February 2024]

Yo, peep this movie, fam! That flick's got a mad dope message that's straight fire. Amy's "F it list" is like a real talk blueprint for all of us hustlin' in these streets. It's all about throwin' hands at our own fears and livin' in the now, feel me? We stay forgettin' to cherish what we got right this sec, always stuck in the past or dreamin' 'bout the future. Now, let me tell you 'bout the wild ride these two shorties go on. It's like a Thelma and Louise for the modern grind, and the ending? Bruh, that joint hits you with one of the illest surprises in cinema. Straight up, it's a journey that'll have you buggin' from start to finish. Don't sleep on this one-it's a real game-changer in the movie scene!

Fresh Outta Sac-town

[grantbent · 8/10 · 24 September 2023]

This is a sleeper that was well steered by its Director Mark S. Allen. Sometimes you encounter these little indie films coming out of backwater cities that create a sense of place. We have seen it with the Pacific Northwest where everything is rainy and grainy. We have seen it with the Deep South where everything is down home and steamy. What about Sacramento - a flat place with a river and a bridge?

This film uses lots of drone shots to get above the flatlands and give Amy's life some welcome dimension. It throws in some obvious CGI clouds above the horizon and let's us all resonate with goofy Zoom calls.

Once you get past all these low budget choices, what you are left with are the strength of the characters in this fable. First and foremost. Alyson Gorske as Amy has a winning attitude (similar to a young Jennifer Aniston) that makes you want to pull for her even as she faces insurmountable news about her mortality. Her sister Mary (played with empathy by Ms Taylor) inhabits her role much more than the average sidekick in a zany comedy. Mary springs into companionship when Amy's fate is revealed and, even though her first pregnancy is a topic to be considered, the movie keeps the focus on Amy and her final redemption. Finally, there is a roster of character roles that color this production upside, downside, left and right side. I had that same feeling of being introduced to funny people as I was watching the Princess Bride movie. Somehow the obvious lack of slickness works to propel the story along.

Silly little low budget B movie

[mhenzmann-98846 · 8/10 · 19 October 2023]

So many ridiculous things in this movie, like after collapsing while at work for a super discount store, getting a phone call saying you have glioblastoma with less than a week to live. Having had a coworker come in with that same diagnosis, stage 4 glioblastoma, live those last days with a what worse can happen attitude. From taking a baseball bat to the truck of a guy who cut her off, to smashing the phone of a lady always delaying the coffee shop line, living the life with no cares. It is so stupid at times is a movie that had me wondering what crazy thing will they come up with next. The shocking end is a reason to keep watching to the end.

The Ones We Leave Behind: Life Goes On After Amy's F It List

[remycbehrendt · 22 May 2023]

Amy's F It List indulges the fantasy: what if you knew your time was limited? What and who would you prioritize in your final moments? How would you be your own advocate for happiness? This movie leaves you with a new perspective on the everyday, when we truly never know if today will be our last. What Amy's F It List does particularly well is juxtapose the more chaotic, whimsical moments with quiet reminders that loss affects a far greater web of people than we know.

The scenes between Tommy and Mary especially provide a respite for real vulnerability. Mary is breaking under the pressure of supporting her sister through her terminal diagnosis, and Cameron Matthews gives a warm performance as Tommy, the comforting, stable presence in her life. His character serves to remind us that life goes on not only metaphorically, but literally with the impending arrival of Tommy and Mary's daughter. While Mary's efforts are pulled away from the daily life to which she was accustomed, Tommy represents the loved ones who continue to pick up the pieces with patience and grace.