Sweet Thing

Visually beautiful, thought provoking and ultimately priceless! Performances were so raw. Nico is so charming!!

From American indie stalwart Alexander Rockwell (In The Soup), comes this beautifully crafted personal gem. Not only is it's story, which is told from child protagonists' POV, deeply poetic but the film also feels hand crafted partially due to it being shot on film. Cinematically it feels genuine as its time and textures sucks you into a world of kids and their problems at hand. It is surprisingly engaging and gripping with performances so natural that you end up almost feeling part of its world. Which is what you want a movie to do.

In these uncertain times, Sweet Thing is a bittersweet ode to childhood, and the difficult learning of growing up. In its vagabond and surrealist poetry, Sweet Thing reminded me of Forbidden Games, of that secret language children have and that we, adults, have forgotten. Alex has not forgotten it, and it is a wonder to watch.

I watched this movie last year around april via tribeca (online). the movie has still stuck with me. beautiful performances and such a beautiful story! even though there are some dark undertones, it's done beautifully and i definitely resonated with them. and the visuals are so captivating. i can't wait till i can see it again. great movie. and side note... these three negative reviews (all written on the same day with the same negative rating..) are so unnecessarily mean.. awful that people would be so set on bullying a small independent film that is so full of life.

Great film in the vain of "our gang" Great for kid and their parents. A wonderful adventure.