The Box in the Basement

I wouldn't even call this a movie. More like a feature length first year student project edited on a phone. I can only assume this was a tax loss or else funded by a church or other agenda. Always suspicious when a film has reviews taring it 1/10 and also 10/10 almost like the film isn't the thing being reviewed; but the message? The dialogue, the acting and the cinematography are beyond awful. The story incomprehensible.

It's like a group of high schoolers watched Neil Breen's 5 Feature Film Retrospective, and were inspired to make a movie of their own. Awesome! Wasn't "Twisted Pair" fun too?

Happy I only watched the first 20 minutes of this movie. The dialogues the few there are just horrible, the acting or better the lack of acting painful to watch, much of this movie is in slow-motion and then not at least, the so many goofs in this movie. One could get the impression that the whole movie was a sixth grade school project.

I love how though the main character is a child the message reaches people of all ages. The power of choice, perspective, family, friendship, kindness, believing in yourself. This film has so many takeaways and the story line is a journey within itself. The camera work, sound and effects were great. What was most interesting to me is the backstory. The film started out as a short project but grew to a feature length film! The actors did great work! Lots of talent and even a few laughs. The ending was definitely not what I would have guessed! I thoroughly enjoyed and I think you all will as well!

This movie is everything you'd want a family movie to be: heartwarming, emotional, inspiring, and endearing. It has moments that will make you laugh, that will make you want to cry, and that will leave you wondering what will happen next. The actors are phenomenally natural, the cinematography is ambient and dramatic in all the best ways, the music is perfectly fitting for each scene, the dialogue shows so well the tension and resolve that the characters go through, and the message is wholesome and relevant to the struggles of so many people-young and old alike.

This is a clean movie for the whole family, and a movie that will inspire you that-just like Avery's-your future is what you make it. Will it be one of dispair, or one of hope? Choose wisely.