jordanlansky

A terrific film. No phony Hollywood stuff. It feels like real life. The performances are terrific. The camera work is absolutely great. Although I felt maybe it was a bit too shaky in the first 15 minutes or so.

The story is very clear and interesting.

The editing is maybe a bit too frantic to start with.

I would have liked a bit more context I think. Why is football so important to these people? What sort of world do they live in? Are there good jobs to go to after grad? What is the town economy based on? That sort of thing.

But overall, I've rented Any Given Sunday several times. I will buy Friday Night Lights. Good work!

I saw this at the Ft. Lauderdale festival. I found it really entertaining.

On the bad side, the script seems very uneven and corny in places, the opening is like a TV movie with Melissa Gilbert baking cookies for the church or something. But once the story starts being about the escaped convicts it's really fun to watch. The other two convicts are played by Mark Brown and Ritchie Montgomery. Ritchie is the most fun in the show. Every time he opened his mouth the crowd laughs.

Melissa Gilbert is better than average in this, it seems like she's really trying to get rid of her old TV actress image. But I found her costume really distracting. What woman facing 3 desperate convicts would dress so sexy?

The rain and wind and hurricane stuff is really amazing for a movie with an obviously low budget. The music is really good, kind of Cajun.

Would people pay $12 to see this at a theater? No. But I'll sure watch it again when it comes to TV.

Good story.

Great Music

Excellent performances

A bit immature at times

Motorcycle a bit over the top.

Hot girl at party in spin the bottle sequence was way too interesting.

It got a bit long towards the end

Gravedigger could have been less prominent

Overall, a great 1st film

Hope we see more