Morgan

'MORGAN' is a perfect case of when a writer should not be allowed to direct his own script. The set up of the movie was very very good, as was the scene set up. The first problem was that the director had a below amateur level script/dialogue to work with, along with an author who refused to edit or get help (same person) . Most of the actors were not only miscast, but were very very 'wanting' in their acting talents and abilities .... mind you, even great actors could not have done very much more with the stereotypical poor dialogue. Did no other actors/actresses show up for the casting call?

I would love to executive produce a re-make of this project, with a top notch writer and new experienced director attached.

If you are willing to squint and grimace at least four/five times during each scene, take the 90 minutes to watch it through and imagine what a pretty good movie might look like with a quality re-write and with a seasoned director.

I don't even want to waste time writing this review but I really think that this movie was unfortunately waste of my time and money (and want to spare a few people from watching). I saw this at the Toronto Inside-Out Festival not knowing what I was getting myself into. From the first 5 minutes you could tell that the actors were beyond amateur.

The cinematography was poor, the lighting was terrible and the intimate scenes were not romantic at all.

I could hardly connect with any characters and the romance seemed so phony .

Overall, a rating of 2 is being generous.

One thousand three-hundred seventeen other Ratings and only ten Reviews as I write this ... several of those Reviews are unnecessarily harsh and negative. There is little actual basis for the negativity other than it being an expression of only one person's opinion.

I liked "Morgan" and I'm at a loss that more people have not had ... or taken ... the opportunity to watch such an understated, yet powerful, little film.

A great idea with a good cinematography but totally destroyed by dialogs and actors. This could have been a very interesting movie, and you can tell that if the people behind it would have taken the time to really correct the script and make a descent cast. It would be a 10 stars movie.

The dialogs were totally inappropriate, didn't help at all to the development of the story, out of place and tacky. ACtor didn't help at all totally forced actors with no emotion what so ever.

Gay movies are an underground topic which is hard to find this days, with just a few exceptions here and there. I totally support this kinds of films and it would be interesting that more people started giving the appropriate attentions to this films.

A lot of potential in this movie was realised, but unfortunately the middle of the movie was cringe worthy and disappointing.

The first part of the movie took time to build out the characters of Morgan and his mum and Dean, this helped make them believable. Morgan's relationship with mum holds this movie together.

Unfortunately the relationship between Morgan and his female friend is not believable, the script writers seem to want to show that it's ok to treat disabled people just like everyone else, but the friend's negativity goes to far and I couldn't believe in their friendship.

Sadly by the mid point of film, the drama was excessive and hard to watch. Dean and Morgan's relationship is superficial and the script missed the opportunity to show them adapting to life with a wheel chair by weaving the wonderful sub-plot conversations with doctor, bycicle shop, and landlord into their relationship (in the same way physiotherapist sub-plot). Instead Morgan and Dean's relationship superficial, toxic and full of secrets.

At the climax of the movie, the drama is suddenly forgotten, and returns to exploring the characters of Morgan, Dean and the Mum, who give great performances.