Maybe it's because us old fogies saw absolutely nothing original in this film whereas viewers with little cinema experience may say "like wow" :)
It was a juvenile movie, with juvenile actors, with juvenile issues pretending to be 'all grown-up'. I found this desperately boring. Considering all the other great small films coming from young Quebec directors lately, this one pales. ( Sorry to say that Françcois, I see you visit this board.) But I'm being honest.
The female character was grating to an extreme and the male protagonist was severely passive, their story is completely unreal and contrived. Heterosexuals, especially one in already in a relationship don't go around sleeping (platonically) in each others' bed, kissing each other on the lips, etc and then be so naive as to think OH SURPRISE, the kiss went too far. There is a fine line between naivete and stupidity. These characters clearly crossed that line.
I gave it a 4/10 for good cinematography, music, and what seem to be good production values.
***So I've seen 4 movies/wk in theatre for a 1/4 century, call me crazy?**
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Dungbeatle
13 years ago
And here I thought I was the only one who found Allison intolerable.
I found that the film was essentially in the perspective of Wes, thus we saw Allison as he saw her. Based on what I saw, I could not see what it is he loved about her. Her self-righteous, thrill-seeking, egocentric ways were, as you say, grating. Part of this could be issues with the script, acting, and/or directing, but the chemistry was not happening for me.
Which is a shame, because I feel like this could have been a good film.
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Frenchtoastt
13 years ago
And here I thought I was the only one who found Allison intolerable.
I completely agree. I just watched this for the first time tonight, and her character really bothered me. (I was wondering if it was the actress but I've never seen her an anything else.) I also, didn't find her interesting nor appealing.
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