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The Filmmaker

  • 2018
  • 1h 20m
IMDb RATING
8.2/10
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J.P. Allen and Ashley Rain Turner in The Filmmaker (2018)
A woman steals a man's identity and forces him to confront a secret that he's hidden for over thirty years. Ashley Rain Turner, JP Allen and Rebecca deBoer star in this noir mystery. 80 minutes, color. From Coffee and Language. For more info see www.coffeeandlanguage.com
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A woman steals a man's identity and forces him to confront a secret that he's hidden for over thirty years.A woman steals a man's identity and forces him to confront a secret that he's hidden for over thirty years.A woman steals a man's identity and forces him to confront a secret that he's hidden for over thirty years.

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    • J.P. Allen
  • Writer
    • J.P. Allen
  • Stars
    • Ashley Rain Turner
    • J.P. Allen
    • Rebecca DeBoer
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  • IMDb RATING
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    • Director
      • J.P. Allen
    • Writer
      • J.P. Allen
    • Stars
      • Ashley Rain Turner
      • J.P. Allen
      • Rebecca DeBoer
    • 2User reviews
    • 4Critic reviews
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    5jim-aophoto

    Meh. A low budget way to pass some time.

    A story of questionable parentage and untold secrets.

    This was obviously shot on a budget. While I don't often mind a slow moving story, there is so much filler with shots of Vegas, pictures of postcards, and long shots of people walking, staring out the window smoking, or not talking to people that were it all removed, the brisk 1 hour and 19 minute film would be a mere 30-40 minutes.

    There are some odd choices mid movie where the shots are in infrared or have introduced classic film errors (like reel stutter, or damaged negative feel) that don't add anything to the story and feel as though they were additions to show that they could do those effects.

    I didn't hate the story. I wasn't offended by the acting. I just wasn't overly impressed with anything. The title of this review pretty much sums up my feelings.
    1arfdawg-1

    Quite Simply Horrible

    I put this on because it got an unheard of 8.1 rating here. After viewing it, I noticed it actually got only ONE written review. And that was a FIVE.

    So in other words, all the other votes that bring the rating up to Citizen Kane levels are PHONY. Likely people who worked on this garbage.

    I cannot imagine anyone actually even remotely liking this garbage,

    It's slow beyond slow.

    The acting is literally juvie level. Like 12 year olds putting on a show in the back yard. No Joke.

    The writing is ludicrous and the directing......well.....what directing?

    The person who made this should never, ever, under any circumstances work again. Ever. Never.

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    • Release date
      • November 2, 2018 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
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    • Language
      • English
    • Filming locations
      • Mount Tamalpais, California, USA
    • Production company
      • C and L Productions
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      1 hour 20 minutes
    • Color
      • Color

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