Amy's F-It List

So here's the concept. A 25-yr-old lady working as a dollar store employee has an episode at work, she sees a doctor, she gets the bad news. She has a brain tumor, a Glioblastoma, and she will die in three days. (In reality the condition is NOT that deadly for an otherwise healthy person.) So she decides, with the encouragement of her sister, to make her F-it list (rhymes with bucket list). But the first five are trivial things, like the people who use the phone when in line, or mistaken fast food orders, or the people who bring 20 items to the 5 item line, or misbehavior at the school drop off lane. And she eats cake and ice cream for breakfast instead of healthier oatmeal.

Number six on her list is a big one but we have no hint of it until, literally, the last minute of the movie. Most of the movie seems to just be killing time, like the several slow conversations with her sister, or between her pregnant sister and her husband.

The actresses who play the two sisters are very capable, Alyson Gorske as the dying girl, Amy Taylor. And Angel Prater as her pregnant sister, Mary Taylor. The plot also contains a scheme to get back $300,000 that they considered "stolen" from them by a businessman. But truthfully, the script is awful, sophomoric, several scenes are played out in a cartoonish manner.

No, not a good movie at all. Filmed in the year 2000 during COVID time, much of it in Sacramento and nearby cities. I watched it streaming on Amazon Prime.

"Amy's 'Eff It List" is an ambitious comedy with lots to say, especially as it cruises along to it's interesting conclusion. Also, this film isn't easily classified, because the are so many concepts presented throughout. But it's mostly about the freedoms one may consider taboo when someone has all the time in the world, but are FAR from taboo when there are only a few days left on this earth. As I watched, I asked myself and my wife about the things we might do if we ever discovered we had an acutely terminal illness. It was with great interest that I discovered there is a HUGE difference in perspective between genders, and this film shows what a woman might consider. Some things were totally apropos, others...not so much. Some of the concepts stick, others are a little more obtuse or perhaps out of place, but this film definitely has its own viewpoint, and if there are any real gripes or misgivings about the broad range of the story, the performances more than make up for that. The film is shot and directed well, and there were good laughs to be had throughout...which to me, makes for a successful comedy. 3 1/2 stars.

You can make a movie about how crummy a single women's life is. You can make a movie about a terminal cancer diagnosis. You can make a movie about a bucket list. You can make a movie about hookup culture. You can make a sexual assault revenge movie. You can maybe make a movie with two or three of these plot points. But you cannot make a movie with all of them.....with a budget as low as this.......in seventy eight minutes.

This is a bad movie not because of all the above but the sheer hubris of a writer director that should know better. The direction and editing are weak, the acting is corny and if you think the viewing public will accept 'boss babe gets her revenge on a bunch of white guys' storylines anymore, then you are very much mistaken and will soon join the queue at the employment centre nearest you soon enough.

Yo, peep this movie, fam! That flick's got a mad dope message that's straight fire. Amy's "F it list" is like a real talk blueprint for all of us hustlin' in these streets. It's all about throwin' hands at our own fears and livin' in the now, feel me? We stay forgettin' to cherish what we got right this sec, always stuck in the past or dreamin' 'bout the future. Now, let me tell you 'bout the wild ride these two shorties go on. It's like a Thelma and Louise for the modern grind, and the ending? Bruh, that joint hits you with one of the illest surprises in cinema. Straight up, it's a journey that'll have you buggin' from start to finish. Don't sleep on this one-it's a real game-changer in the movie scene!

The two leads were pleasant enough to watch. They have more talent than this movie deserves. Story just never really engaged me. I did hang in & watched til the end hoping for some kind of a positive ending. Did not happen. A few funny scenes, but more cringy ones than entertaining ones. Seems like it got to the end and the writer didn't know how to tie it up with an ending that was plausible, so they threw in a last minute "twist" that made even less sense than the rest of the movie. Seems like too many of these kinds of movies showing up anymore. Guess just about anyone can make a movie now days whether the story makes any sense or not. One last thing. Most of the actors in this cannot act at all and the writer must think that the use of the big "F" word makes their acting better. It doesn't.