Amy's F-It List

So I now have a crush on Alyson Gorske after watching Obliterated on Netflix, so now I am obligated to watch everything she has ever been in. Amy's F-it List has a premise that could go in a lot of directions and I had no idea going in what kind of tone this movie would have. I expected a light hearted drama which seems like what they were aiming for, but it misses the mark

For a brief synopsis, basically our heroine is living a dead end life after the death of her father when she finds out she has a terminal brain tumor, so she and her sister go on a quest to check off her f it list. From the moment the list is introduced everything just feels rushed and nothing is given the weight it should have given the circumstances involved. The moments that should be funny just come off as corny and the moments that should be heart wrenching just feel like nothing. There's no weight to the subject matter. Much like Amy, it feels like the film makers had a list of scenes to get through, but not enough to connect them and better understand the characters. It doesn't evoke any emotion for the heavy subject matter

This feels like a rough draft of a better movie. Honestly this seemed like a movie I could have seen in the 90s. That's not necessarily a bad thing, but the direction, script, and acting all do not seem in line with modern film making and cultural sensibilities. One egregious example is the final list item that is just sort of thrown in like an after thought when it should be a huge all encompassing topic. I think we are supposed to surmise that this is the reason Amy's life goes off track, but the whole movie pins this on her father's death, so it just doesn't work and feels like a cheap ploy to shock the audience

Alyson Gorske and Angel Prater who plays her sister are fine actors, they just didn't have the right ingredients to make this work. It all just comes off as a senior year film studies project. However, I like the idea and think it could work in a more refined movie, and given my new crush on Gorske I can't give this less than a 5. If you have nothing else to watch on a Sunday afternoon it might help you pass the time while scrolling on your phone and folding laundry.

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!

"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.

So many ridiculous things in this movie, like after collapsing while at work for a super discount store, getting a phone call saying you have glioblastoma with less than a week to live. Having had a coworker come in with that same diagnosis, stage 4 glioblastoma, live those last days with a what worse can happen attitude. From taking a baseball bat to the truck of a guy who cut her off, to smashing the phone of a lady always delaying the coffee shop line, living the life with no cares. It is so stupid at times is a movie that had me wondering what crazy thing will they come up with next. The shocking end is a reason to keep watching to the end.

Basically a revenge fantasy about common society annoyances - people who talk on the phone while in line and not paying attention when it is their turn to order, for example - but the premise and the payoff are both weak. The foes the movie presents are exaggerated, cartoonish and cliche. Another example - a bank might turn down your loan, but not with the contrived cartoony arrogance of the character portrayed here.

The acting, filming, everything, has the aesthetic of the non-sex parts of porn. You could record a high school play on your phone and have a decent chance that it would result in a better movie.

They blatantly steal from the "flair" jokes from Office Space, admit during the movie it is stealing that from Office Space, and then proceed to do nothing more interesting with the bit, they just do a poorer job of presenting the same thing.

I don't even understand other reviews here giving any credit to the acting. It is terrible. The whole thing sucks, the dialog is bad, the acting is bad, the plot is weak and dumb. It's just a handful of annoying behaviors and a person with (ha-ha, I guess?) a terminal illness having a no-holds-barred attitude against them. And everyone clapped.

So, so, dumb, and so poorly executed.

I'm annoyed and depressed having wasted part of my life seeing this. I don't usually write reviews, but I now feel it is my only salvation from this not-even-good-bad garbage. I'm annoyed that Amazon Prime Video even had this in its catalog for me to stupidly stumble into and think that it might be good. I'm depressed that I watched half of it before I started skipping over parts to get to the end, hoping the movie might save itself somehow. No, it is just dumb, it gets more dumb, and then it wraps it up in an unfunny, cringey, awkward, just weird out of nowhere dumb bow.

Save yourself. Stop reading reviews on this movie, run away, don't look back, and never think of this movie again. It is too late for me, but you can still go and live your life. Run.