First off, this isn't an American film that is budget saturated, with big action scenes and scores yet overpaid lousy actors. This is a British social comedy about real issues that doesn't rely on flash to tell the story. I won't give it a ten due to the fact that it started jumpy and took the first quarter of the movie to settle down. After that, you see the reality, the family struggles, the social struggles, but remained lighthearted and humorous well enough to keep it away from a depressing show. This movie must be watched to he end to see the subtle masterpiece it turns into. We see a young man who struggles with his family's fortune that does not fit in with the elite crowd convincingly trying to fit in with the commoners without his parents knowledge. We see his friends stand by him, plastics (the self appointed popular girls) taking advantage of him, and his misguided attempts to fix his mistakes. We see the wisdom of his grandmother and aunt and eventually his own mother and finally his father. We see his father's lawyer stepping in to truly help him and give him solid advice. Ultimately, this is a well rounded fun flick.
Review of It's a Lot
