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I have seen this kid act in Outlander. He is a good actor. This movie did not showcase his talents. No worries! He will continue to surprise us all👍

Oh, what a pity... This could've been a really good film, actually. I thought it had some intereting ingredients: an intriguing story about love and loss, coping with the consequences of the choices we make, the price people pay to follow their calling or achieve success, handling regret, all charmingly sprinkled with a touch of existential pondering. Also, a great match for the lead role and good supporting role actors.

I don't know what else was wrong about making this film besides apparently very little funding. Poor directing, editing, camera work? A dire need for more close-ups? Different camera lenses? A little bit of everything?

Also, it was disappointing to see the lead actors' potential squandered in a chaotic feature, on roles that could've been much better.

Needless to say that the final product turned out pretty mangled and felt a bit dull. Too bad...

Sam Heughan did a great job as this character. The criticism that his American accent needs work is unwarranted. People come to America from everywhere in the world - the faint trace of an accent from another place suits the author character perfectly. It was a refreshingly offbeat movie. Just a bit difficult to sort out the story, which is a shame because that caused the movie to just miss being an excellent one. Still, it is entertaining and interesting and certainly good enough to watch more than once. Enjoy.

Sorry, Sam. Strange script. Confusing editing. I can believe Sam Heughan as pretty much anything except awkward and lacking confidence. I basically felt uncomfortable the whole time I was watching it.

I've heard a director once saying: "Directors have a huge responsibility, they can make or break a performance." Movie editors too, and I strongly believe the whole crew is very important.

Here, at some point, everyone failed, and it was a pain to watch.

I love Sam Heughan but thought this script a little pretentious perhaps. And I couldn't help but smile at his attempt at an American accent. I kept thinking it was Christian Slater talking. I think he tried to slow his speech down so he could sound American but it came off a little weird and he slipped into mild Scots every now and then. I guess he gets bored being Jamie Fraser and wanted to try something new and different. I think this was a little too different. Especially since I have seen him in an interview say he likes the action parts of Outlander. I think all actors like to experiment. Look at Keanu Reeves. He's been in quite a few duds and I honestly don't think he has quite the range that Sam does. Better luck next time, Sam. Still love you.

Sam was the only good thing about this movie and it wasn't even because of his acting. Honestly, as good of actor as he is he was NOT in this film. It was awkward and weird and not in a good way.

Sam himself says he's horrible at accents... yeah his slipped a bit quite often throughout the movie.

Sam Hueghan does a 180 Degree turn into an introverted writer, re-writing his lift story several times to be with his love. A few glitches in sound and editing but funny moments and good dialog life this indie.

The film is about Sam Hueghan, who was associated with Arabella Oz. Cassandra asks her lover to let go of his administrative job because it takes all his time and effort and may kill his talent by writing. In contrast, she works two jobs to meet their material needs. Jacob can publish his first book quickly and make up to his lover by buying the house he wants and a car to go with her in romantic date . Cassandra is waiting for her lover to ask her husband to marry, while her lover is busy exploiting all their feelings and attitudes as a source of inspiration for writing. An emotional gap occurs between the two after some arguments, Cassandra has separated from Jacob, although he is love her. Jacob uses writing and imagination to try to rewrite everything that happened between them differently, perhaps to get a happy ending. The beginning of the film seemed a bit weak, and Arabella did something . Gradually progresses with the progress of the film. In addition to the story, I liked Sam's performance. His voice was a perfect as a narrator of the story. His performance was assorted throughout the film, although in little scenes it was increased acting, but that is good for him he left from the safety zone (roles or historical work) and the Scottish dialect.

I was so excited to see Sam Hueghan in a movie and then I watched it...

A story within a story premise as a writer writes about his life and love and the foibles that happen. Did he make the right decision choosing his writing over love?

He ponders and ponders and explores different timelines if he had chosen differently. Including being a dog walker, having an affair, and murdered by an alien.

None it really made any sense.

Skip It! Even Sam couldn't save this monstrosity.

I didn't know the politics of this Indie Film when I bought it. Sam H. monologuing in an American Accent was different and showcased a certain acting range. I expect eccentric from Indie films and that they are uncomfortable and off putting. This film does meet my expectations. It will be a rare gem in my collection with Sam H. despite the politics.

In most movies (all movies) editing can make or break a movie. This is the case with When the Starlight Ends, it broke it. It was confusing and choppy. I am only giving this movie 3 ( and I am being generous) stars because I liked Arabella Oz and Sam Heughan. Although they had zero chemistry I did like the funny moments they shared. I would have liked to see how it was originally intended to be seen. The talent of Sam Heughan was a total waste of his talent. They also should have let him keep his accent. I don't normally give negative reviews or reviews at all. If you see this movie just enjoy Sam.

I'm a writer of multiple genres, and widely published for over four decades to date. The script is pretentious and unrealistic, and was not written by a real writer, but a hack. Too bad. Quirky comedies have their place. Skip this one.

I couldn't even finish it. Sam is such a good actor, but this was hard to watch.

Besides a horrible script, Sam didn't have a chance with an American accent. Instead of acting you can literally see him thinking about the words he must pronounce. Not to mention the bad edits and fake green screen demise. Oh well. At least David Arquette wasn't bad. As far as the other actors they were all pretty bad but Sam and the agent took the cake on the overacting curse. Oy.

I can't remember the last time I saw a movie so bad.

It's starts off with terrible writing, like right from the first word. Then adds bad acting (mostly from the direction I believe).

Mix in a disjointed plot, rough flashbacks, and a droning narration and it will make a good day, well, less good.

The highlight? David Arquette...if you can believe it.

You were warned.

N this film Sam Heughan plays Jacob (= a writer). I find it a very interesting movie. When you love films with deeper layers as philosophical view on / approach, a psycological layer, .... You get a view on how an artist (in this case a writer = Jacob) think / act./ lives : the writer Jacob can see and think very flexibel, has a lot of imagination and can easely move in someone else his footsteps. The writers reality and imagination get mixed up and envolves in very humoristic and dramatic situations .the writer crawls into the skin of his neigbor because he is afraid that his girlfriend has an affair with his neigbor.

At a certain piont the writer (Jacob) overthinks whether he made the right decision to develop his talent or saving his realtionship.

It can be a longly road when your partner lives a totaly differend live and has totaly differend needs in live. The writer Jacob (Sam Heughan) also approached his story on interesting hypotheses:

When you actualy rise above surviving and make a living and actualy do what you are best at and love the most and it also surve a greater purpose does another person has to pay certain price?

Choosing between survive , working hard and rescue your relationship ... or living a life at his full potentional sometimes a lonely road is the dillema of writer Jacob. Sam covers more than 75 % of the film ( is impressive) A brilliant and very strong performance. He is very strong in acting drama scenes , he can easely switch in another identity. I find it a very strong performance. Congrats for Sam Heughan. "You are the starlight Sam! ",

I was so excited to see this because of Sam but it honestly hurt watching his crappy acting in this. I love 'Outlander' and he does superb acting in that so I think that he has a case of the 'Jamie Dornan' acting illness (lol). Because if you have seen Dornan in stuff with his native accent or even British one he is phenomenal but it seems like his american one trips him up maybe he thinks about it too much. Well it seems that Sam has the same problem. He needs to pick his projects for carefully or how else will he be able to prove that 007 could be up his alley?

I watched this movie directly after watch Outlander with high expectations of seeing more Jamie Fraser. Boy was I wrong. And disappointed. BUT. Then I watched it again with a more open mind and without preconceived notions of how Sam Heughan should "be" in this film. And guess what? I loved it. Sam nailed Jacob, a moderately eccentric struggling writer putting his hopes of a writing career on hold while working just to make ends meet. Boy meets girl,they fall in love and she supports him while he writes his blockbuster bestseller and their lives become more complicated. I loved Heughan in this role. He made a perfect Jacob, who had as many if not more flaws than he had attributes. Apologies for not remembering her name but his love interest was excellent too as well as all supporting cast. No problem with his American accent - it fit his character. No problem with the editing. The film was fun, thought-provoking, engaging, well written and beautifully acted. Just don't expect Jamie Fraser and you'll totally enjoy it.

Jacob (Sam Heughan) is an aspiring writer and he always writes about the woman he loves, but she repeatedly let's him know she does not appreciate that, she doesn't not want to live in the public eye. This is a story of love and heartbreak. Great dialogue and good writing for an indie film! Some of the other reviews I've read are very critical. Watch the movie with an open mind and I promise you'll enjoy it!

10/10 for anything Sam Heughan does LOL. The style is very unusual and can be difficult to follow the real life moments and the story he is telling and imagining, and time hops. But after a few watches and I have a firm grasp on the plot and style not its funny and I've watched like 5 times. The film uses the main female character as a host of characters, and inserts the main male character as a variety of characters in his own story he is trying to write. He goes back and forth between reality and what he is trying to write for his book, creating a bit of confusion for the watcher initially. I've now rewatched many times and enjoy it.