garycn-41901

This film is exceptional.. very good film.. From casting to production to editing... Anyone who is from the Houston or SE Texas area will tell you.. they absolutely NAILED this project with the actors involved and capturing life in that part of the country...

It is very hard to believe that this was the first major film for this director.. Just wow.. what a future she has..

The ONLY problem wife and I had in this one was the female lead in this one.. Understanding the pace of the movie and fact its slowed down (which i LOVE) still didnt negate the fact we were left with questions on her as a person.. She did reasonably well.. while all the others did amazing in there roles.. But we could not determine wether this actress as actually "austistic" perhaps or has some sort of real life handicaps going on or was this part of her performance.. It REALLY drove us nuts cause it was distracting at times.. whole the film kept driving it home.. Nothing against autistic people.. or mentally dabilitated... It just really left a few scenes in question for us.. and THAT was a distraction...

Perhaps she just wanted to give the character a perculiar attribute as you will... if so it did effect her overall performance with us and not in a good way.. IF in fact she does have this disorder.. It really should have been written into the role and would have made ALOT of sense and actually probably made an even more dynamic storyline...

Overall this was a brilliant film and I am NOT one for "Black cinema"... just not my thing usually... This was a story about average Americans tho..no chips on shoulders, none of that.. It was a "telling" in Americana.... and we loved it.

This series had LOADS of potential.. truly.. and started off really well... Then it just drops off and fills up with countless cliche's I suppose to try and attract a wider audience..

The writers really dropped the ball here.. and I think that stem's from perhaps writing material without any true basic understanding of it.. Lots of very far fetch and frankly nonsensical situations transpire after around 3rd episode that by the 5th I felt I had been insulted enough and just removed it from my library at home... and I REALLY like that lead actor.. alot... I just wish they would have had a better grasp on what they were writing about..

Wonderful film from down under.. I think using a different title would help its view ratios cause theres soo many films out there same name... I struggled with finding it to add to my home library cause of it...

Its got it all really.. and a pure delight.. Alot of people will be pleasently surprised when they do find it and watch it.