Sure, when I sat down to watch this 2020 comedy titled "R. E. G. I. N. A. I Am", which I hadn't even heard about prior to watching it, I can't claim to be harboring much of any expectations to the movie.
But you just know that when the writer, director and lead actor is the one and the same, then you will most likely not be in for a grand cinematic experience. Still, I opted to watch Matt Spease's "R. E. G. I. N. A. I Am" on the notion that the movie had the benefit of the doubt, and who knew, it might just be entertaining.
Well, no it wasn't really entertaining. It was sort of cringeworthy watching this movie movie actually, especially since the writing, acting and whole movie in general just felt like a film class home project.
The acting in the movie was dubious, but at least it looked like the people in the movie were enjoying themselves and having fun filming this movie. But of course, with characters that felt incomplete and dialogue that was just written out to be wooden and monotonous, of course the actors and actresses could do only so much.
As for the contents of the storyline? Well, let's just say that Matt Spease tried. I wasn't impressed by what I witnessed on the movie, yet I managed to endure the movie up to just having 30 minutes left to watch. Then I had too much and gave up, as it was clear that the movie was going to proceed out the same very monotonous path it had been going down all up to that point.
Hats off to the people involved here for trying, but this movie was a swing and a miss for me. I am rating "R. E. G. I. N. A. I Am" a generous two out of ten stars.
