Went into it expecting a light feel good evening movie with a pretty predictable plot. This kind of old guy mentoring a younger kid/coming of age flick that builds on a quite established formula and for it to be somewhat good you just need to get the basics right. They didn't.
Cast. On their own, you have a nice group of quite quality actors. Yet they somehow made them seem forced in the movie,just popping up here and there or sometimes you could kind of see them mouthing words written for them. Perhaps let them ad-lib here and there.
Chemistry. The biggest blunder in my opinion by faaar. I wont even touch the other relationships. Looking just at the main one between Ash and Ed, there was nothing there. The dialogue was so horribly contrived, one could see Ed talking about something and Ash reacting either completely different to what he went on to say or forcing himself. There was no natural back and forth. And that insane momentary outburst of I will come and visit every weekend (no spoiler) before establishing for the viewer any real strong connection was abysmally awkward. And in general Ed came off as unlikeable for the most part.
Plot. I am not even sure I know what happened. There was way too little on his background for us to really feel for him or understand him better. And the flow of the movie was horrendous. It was jumping but the worst thing was, how long or little they felt they needed to spend on certain parts. We could be looking at Ed in the locker room for 5 mins but one of the focal points with the priest came and went like a bird sh+tting itself. And I still I am not sure if that was not a joke. The conversation between the priest and Ash was pathetic. That was supposed to be a huge dramatic moment or could be, Ash looking for a "ticket" to visit his loved ones. A horrible horrible waste of Mickey's acting talents(I was expecting more like something in the lines of Ray Donovan confessing for the first time- its a TV show). What it ended up being was onthe level of a conversation one has with the cashier. That dialogue pretty much is a perfect example of the whole movie. a)lack of chemistry b)talking past each other c)no real resolution d)just a cheap unprofessional effort.
All in all, for a feel good movie with some sincerity and actual atmosphere look elsewhere. Basically I watched it for Mickey because I like him and its why I gave it as much stars as I did, and well, because people did put effort into it. But it just feels packed together in a haste, there is no chemistry between the main actors and the whole ebb and flow of the movie is almost a straight line.
Cast. On their own, you have a nice group of quite quality actors. Yet they somehow made them seem forced in the movie,just popping up here and there or sometimes you could kind of see them mouthing words written for them. Perhaps let them ad-lib here and there.
Chemistry. The biggest blunder in my opinion by faaar. I wont even touch the other relationships. Looking just at the main one between Ash and Ed, there was nothing there. The dialogue was so horribly contrived, one could see Ed talking about something and Ash reacting either completely different to what he went on to say or forcing himself. There was no natural back and forth. And that insane momentary outburst of I will come and visit every weekend (no spoiler) before establishing for the viewer any real strong connection was abysmally awkward. And in general Ed came off as unlikeable for the most part.
Plot. I am not even sure I know what happened. There was way too little on his background for us to really feel for him or understand him better. And the flow of the movie was horrendous. It was jumping but the worst thing was, how long or little they felt they needed to spend on certain parts. We could be looking at Ed in the locker room for 5 mins but one of the focal points with the priest came and went like a bird sh+tting itself. And I still I am not sure if that was not a joke. The conversation between the priest and Ash was pathetic. That was supposed to be a huge dramatic moment or could be, Ash looking for a "ticket" to visit his loved ones. A horrible horrible waste of Mickey's acting talents(I was expecting more like something in the lines of Ray Donovan confessing for the first time- its a TV show). What it ended up being was onthe level of a conversation one has with the cashier. That dialogue pretty much is a perfect example of the whole movie. a)lack of chemistry b)talking past each other c)no real resolution d)just a cheap unprofessional effort.
All in all, for a feel good movie with some sincerity and actual atmosphere look elsewhere. Basically I watched it for Mickey because I like him and its why I gave it as much stars as I did, and well, because people did put effort into it. But it just feels packed together in a haste, there is no chemistry between the main actors and the whole ebb and flow of the movie is almost a straight line.