Honestly, I can't bash Just Add Pepper. Though, I am still mad at the cover art that makes it look like a gay-independent romance/comedy. (I will say though there are a lot of gay-references in here, but the two male leads on the cover, one looking at the other and the other apparently daydreaming, are just "friends.")
It's a small, but well-made independent movie. Sure, it's predictable as all Hades, its comedy foreshadowed many scenes in advance and some of the jokes pretty lame/tame. That all being said, it's a cute little movie that you can tell the writer/director, Basler and actors/crew were really giving it there all.
"Pepper" lives in a small town where once he fell in love with his older, much more successful brother's girlfriend. She left, and returned a year later to the small town and this gets "Pepper" excited and his best (bromance) friend jealous. I wonder where this is leading, and you'll know from frame one. Heck, even the "funeral" scene has been used so much, you wait for the obligatory death segment.
Still, the heart they put into the feature, the lead actors, both "Pepper" (McCallum) and love-interest, Sarah (Gannon) really put their 110% into it, you actually have to admire the small movie. And that's one of the things I appreciate most in movies: genuine heart. They do, and despite the predictability and unoriginality, it hits its mark by just being true.
I'd recommend just for a viewing. I am sad these actors didn't really go on to huge projects, but this single film should be watched for their one true stardom. Their fifteen minutes.
(Side note: the music was pretty damn good in this. I understand the art of making small-budgeted, independent films, but they did a great job of making a very well made soundtrack throughout. I am not sure if the CD-soundtrack is available, but I would buy it.)
It's a small, but well-made independent movie. Sure, it's predictable as all Hades, its comedy foreshadowed many scenes in advance and some of the jokes pretty lame/tame. That all being said, it's a cute little movie that you can tell the writer/director, Basler and actors/crew were really giving it there all.
"Pepper" lives in a small town where once he fell in love with his older, much more successful brother's girlfriend. She left, and returned a year later to the small town and this gets "Pepper" excited and his best (bromance) friend jealous. I wonder where this is leading, and you'll know from frame one. Heck, even the "funeral" scene has been used so much, you wait for the obligatory death segment.
Still, the heart they put into the feature, the lead actors, both "Pepper" (McCallum) and love-interest, Sarah (Gannon) really put their 110% into it, you actually have to admire the small movie. And that's one of the things I appreciate most in movies: genuine heart. They do, and despite the predictability and unoriginality, it hits its mark by just being true.
I'd recommend just for a viewing. I am sad these actors didn't really go on to huge projects, but this single film should be watched for their one true stardom. Their fifteen minutes.
(Side note: the music was pretty damn good in this. I understand the art of making small-budgeted, independent films, but they did a great job of making a very well made soundtrack throughout. I am not sure if the CD-soundtrack is available, but I would buy it.)