What was wrong with the film?
Was it the musical factor? The accusing of his parents? Or was it the acting? I actually liked the idea of the story (minus the parent accusing), it was just very poorly executed. Anybody else have any thoughts?
shareWas it the musical factor? The accusing of his parents? Or was it the acting? I actually liked the idea of the story (minus the parent accusing), it was just very poorly executed. Anybody else have any thoughts?
shareEverythings wrong with the movie. Boy thats swell.
shareI agree, minus the poorly executed part. The story minus the parent accusing, acting, and musical factor were all fine - as were the staging and editing. I'm sure watching MST3K's "Riding With Death" - a truly awfully executed 'movie' - before this one helped my opinion, but the film wasn't badly done. The plot developments and particularly the ending, being the point of the film, were somewhat stupid - but certainly didn't shoot it into Plan 9 territory. 6.0/10
shareThe Violent Years (also MSTied) covers a lot of the same ground. But with a script by Ed Wood, it manages to propel itself into the stratosphere. It's a lot weirder, and a lot funnier. Accuse is actually not that bad; typical low budget message film where they can't afford to show the main character doing any of the terrible things he ends up laying off on his parents.
shareAnother reason not to have children...
For me it was the accusing of his parents. They weren't exactly model citizens, but they had nothing to do with Jimmy getting mixed up with those mobsters.
What's "wrong" is that it presents a semi-plausible situation without treating it in any real depth -- everything is rather schematic.
The acting and direction are professional, but the script doesn't set up situations that tell us much about the characters. In particular, why is Jimmy so naïve?
The story's "moral" -- as exemplified by Al's befriending Jimmy -- is that what children really want from their parents is a reasonable amount of sincere attention and honest affection. Nothing else really matters.