Winding Roads

Although I hated the ending. It left everything all open. It was a kinda sad movie too. Really wanted to know how things went between the characters.

I feel as if I have a duty to the movie viewing community to warn them about this poor excuse for a female-bonding, woman-empowerment film. Cliche laden plot threads and perfunctory acting turn this piece of fluff into a stone clunker. Only James Marsters is at all interesting in his desperate attempt to wring some emotion out of his insipid dialogue. When he's on screen the movie becomes almost good...but not quite. If you're in the mood for a liberating tale of female friendship, rewatch Thelma and Louise. If you're looking for James Marsters sink your teeth into a Buffy the Vampire Slayer rerun. Just don't take a wrong turn down these Winding Roads.

I caught the Winfemme screening of this film in Los Angeles, and was a bit disappointed by it. The performances delivered are solid overall, though a few of the characters just fall flat. Unfortunately there's a few major plot problems I couldn't get over, and some portions did drag with really slow pacing where you're just waiting for something interesting to happen. The actors generally did good jobs, though, and James Marsters in particular delivered a nice performance.

I saw this film as a James Marsters fan and was truly not disappointed by his performance. He and Kimberly Quinn were fantastic together. I can't get some of the depth of feeling they both portrayed out of my mind. The other actors, another being well liked one of mine, Michael Weatherly of Dark Angel fame( very small part) were good too. I felt the stories were compelling and this movie was well worth my watching. I will be honest there was a few flow problems and I'm not sure if it was the script or editing but you should know it was there. It didn't matter to me this is on my DVR permanently and soon to be on a tape. I'll watch it again!.... Yes because of James' performance but the others were good too, because honestly I couldn't just watch it for him... I'm not that far gone of a fan.

I caught this film at a private screening in Los Angeles and was simply blown away. Kimberly Quinn is the next Meryl Streep and newcombers Katrina Bronson and Rachel Hunter shine. The realism of this film is staggering - the dialogue wonderful - I felt as if I had lived a life with these characters. For once we have a female driven film that is gritty and real and meaningful without ever being 'girly' or corny. The writing and directing were seemless - never did I question the depth or meaning of the piece. Cheers to the filmmakers.