Wilbur Falls

I actually enjoyed this film. Yes it's not great, and probably fair at best, but it has some really good moments and really held my interest the whole way through. Kudos to the first time director/writer. It has actually won some awards at film festivals around the world including a best drama at the Las Vegas Film Festival in 98. So you know it might actually go somewhere. I can see it on Showtime or something or at least on video. I thought the scenery was great, and so was Danny Aiello. The lead girl was quite impressive, especially for a complete unknown (at least I didn't know her). Also, look for the woman who plays her sister and the guy who plays her best friend - they add some great comic relief. The editing is kinda lousy, there are definite plot holes, and you can see it's kinda low-budget, but at least I didn't walk away feeling I had wasted my time.

If you like to watch bad students films, this is for you. This first time director is great at confusing the audience and encouraging the actors to overact. Why Danny Aiello agreed to be in this film, I'll never understand. The screenplay is bad. The pacing is horrible. It's so unprofessional and will definitely be forgotten. If you rent it or watch it on cable, you'll regret it.

It may be a "teen movie" but it touched on some current themes in a tasteful manner. I disagree with the previous review that it was "terrible"; it was not. Aiello was a believable, sad and frustrated character wanting to show his daughter (Shanee Edwards) he loved her. I'm sure the topics of abortion, girl-girl loving and poor Harley the dog's death may be anathema to some but in the whole context of the film they were reasonable and well done. So it's not academy award stuff, it was fun to watch and the ending was not what I had expected.

So much so that it is distracting and it's very difficult to get into the story. It seemed like about ten different movies, randomly pieced together.

Were the actors and actresses making up the story as they went along?

The actress playing Renata is a beautiful and apparently gifted musician. Danny Aiello is one of the most magnificent actors ever, but I gotta wonder if he read the script before he took the part.

Yes some of the other commentaries are right that this isn't the greatest film ever made, but if you have a place in your heart for the underdog, or understand not fitting in, give it a chance. The humor is subtle and not for everyone, but is truly there. The plot twists give it a uniqueness of its own. It actually reminded me of Ghost World meets Carrie, directed by David Lynch on a really low budget.