Tom of Your Life

I had no idea what to expect coming into this movie and boy was I surprised - in a gray way. The writing, acting, cinematography (the film looks beautiful), everything about this movie feels special from the beginning. It is clear that the writer, director, star, producer, music writer and performer (what else did this guy do?) Jer Sklar just gets it and I for one can't wait to see more from this talented film maker.

Independent films with limited budgets are propelled exclusively by the power of the script, the talent of the actors, the quality of the cinematography, the effectiveness of the editing, the sound, lighting, etc, etc. All elements that must be brilliantly aligned and executed in order to captivate and engage audiences. Extremely difficult to pull off with adequate resources, miraculous when achieved with limited resources. TOM OF YOUR LIFE is such a miracle. Every minute of this film captivates and engages the audience in a simple story that defies illusions of time and space to underscore essential truths defining our humanity. Simple, beautiful and powerful storytelling and filmmaking.

If there is one movie to watch this month -- with your significant other, with your class (if you're a high school or college teacher), or on your own -- this is it. This wonderful "fable" as it's noted, is based the question we all have asked ourselves or others: If you had just one day to live, how would you live it? Then it takes the question to the next level: How would you live it as a child? As an teenager? As an adult? At the end of your life? The acting is superb, especially writer/actor Sklar and actress Baize Buzan. Fascinating to see a film where one talented soul writes the story, directs, acts several roles, and even writes the music. The images, the sub-stories, the songs, and the original humor keep you engaged and thinking.

That when you start watching a movie, you get this lingering feeling that this is something good and sensational, and that happened today by this film called ''tom of your life''. i think the main reason is that its an original idea, that ive not seen before, the plot tells the story about a boy that grows superfast, at a speed of 4 years pr hour, and easy calculating tells that a person at that pace will be 96 years in 24 hours, so that one is new. weve seen other films doing the backward stuff but not like this....

its a film made on a dime, some of the sound and filmographic work have signs of a non steady hand at the switches, but the acting are superb, and the switching over to a new actor in the tom role is just amazingly well done.

it jumps so fast in time like a frog on a crowded track, so hang on as best as you can, its fun and its inevitably sad and emotional, and there are many things they have passed in mute-ness, due to a whole lot of things that may happen in a lifetime, so its a pick and choose movie, and the choices made are brilliant, and should also be seen by you , thinks the grumpy old man. its an eight and a big recommend.

Interesting concept and interesting story elements pieced together to make this a somewhat plausible tale. Some parts are funny, boring, WTH, and touching esp near the end where you may find yourself grabbing for tissues. Jeremy Sklar does double duty as director and co-star "Tom". Would like to see more of Baize Buzan, too.