I think this is the first fair to middling grade I've given to a film on IMDb. The movie is worth it just for the acting alone. Since it's basically set in one location like a Broadway play, it does have a talky-stagey feel, kinda like a profane and violent Tennessee Williams outing, if you will.
All three leads were right on point with their acting. The standout, to me, was Ella Ballentine. Her role here was probably Oscar material except it happened to be in a film which isn't. I stopped the movie halfway through to google her resume. She's done a lot of work and I expect her to grow into a super fine actress like Meryl Street or Jodie Foster.
The "stretch" with this movie was the dialog. It was too lengthy and improbable, but I guess they did have to stretch the film out to 90 minutes so they may as well had the characters talking and talking and talking. This makes for an interesting character study but not necessarily for an exciting film. If you see this movie, that's cool. If you don't, that's okay, too. It wasn't a total waste of time. I've seen worse.
All three leads were right on point with their acting. The standout, to me, was Ella Ballentine. Her role here was probably Oscar material except it happened to be in a film which isn't. I stopped the movie halfway through to google her resume. She's done a lot of work and I expect her to grow into a super fine actress like Meryl Street or Jodie Foster.
The "stretch" with this movie was the dialog. It was too lengthy and improbable, but I guess they did have to stretch the film out to 90 minutes so they may as well had the characters talking and talking and talking. This makes for an interesting character study but not necessarily for an exciting film. If you see this movie, that's cool. If you don't, that's okay, too. It wasn't a total waste of time. I've seen worse.