Wheels

This is the kind of film that doesn't pretend to explain itself; the kind of film you can't start watching halfway and expect to find a resolution. It's the kind of film that requires you to remain seated, be still - and focus on what's really in front of you.

The premise of a paraplegic trying to end his life sets a dark yet humorous tone, but this quickly evolves into a sort of belated coming-of-age story. Add into the mix, a wheelchair-bound street junkie, poverty, prostitution and drugs - and you have the making of a needling and all-to-often relatable reality.

This story, given its almost two-hour length, doesn't dawdle and distract you with sub-plots. It is decisive and the story-telling is raw whilst remaining sensitive to the themes it explores. For those who are cast aside, life is seldom a thing of beauty or purpose.

If we can forgive a few sudden character swings, we are still left with an engaging and empathic representation of what going down the deep and dark rabbit hole truly looks like.

I've been tracking this movie for quite a while due to the sky-high rating and superb reviews - after a bit of sweat, tracked down a copy and watched it during the weekend.

Well....hum?....er?......must have missed something here. Quite frankly, the movie is mediocre at best with subpar acting - save for a very fine Patrick Hume as the mercurial Drake Jones - and with a very lame script. A pair of paraplegic hobos attempting to hustle their way to survival seems fit for an interesting indie flick, a turn-of-the-century take on Midnight Cowboy. However, in various parts, the film just drags on with flashback overkills meshed with overacting; at moments, you seem to be watching a Mexican soap opera or a missed episode of "As the World Turns"......

Its not necessarily a disaster and does have its moments, but, quite frankly, 9,1?!?

A bit of editing and less histrionics would have made for a finer movie.

The way it is, reasonable at the very most.

For shame these guys have tried to scam film rating sites and make it the self professed best film ever made, because there is some talent and half decent film-making in there. I sort of enjoyed it; it was inventive and moved along nicely. The message was a touch trite and there were way too many cliches and things borrowed from better films to make it a film I would honestly recommend. The best I can say for it is that it looked great and was pretty professionally put together, including some of the acting. However, this is a 5 or 6 out of ten film all day long. I hope they get the cash for another project and this time let it be judged fairly, like every other film out there. Saying that, it kinda worked, cos I might not have watched this for any other reason than the false rating.

I saw this film at a screening via a movie meetup group. I was surprised at how much I loved this film. It's very dark and there are harrowing, depressing moments, but in the midst of it they managed to throw in bits of humor. And whoever did the cinematography should win an award. The aesthetics were both bleak and vivid. I think they also had an original score. In addition to the original score being perfect for the film itself, the sound track for the film was perfect. And the leitmotif throughout the movie is poignant and really captures the different moods of every scene. I don't want to give away plot points, but it's amazing what this film was able to accomplish, and this film should be a known one.

A touching and often funny deep dive into the lives of a group of people with barely the resources to survive being homeless in Los Angeles. Two wheel-chair friends decide to pair up and share the burdens of their mental, emotional, and physical pain, limitations, and suffering. Finding comfort in anything they can reach for from their chairs, they do all they can to stave off an impending knowledge that they simply do not fit in society, and the sooner they come to terms with that, the sooner society can be finally rid of them. Once their greatest fears are met full on, we see the beauty and frailty in life they had so long ago lost faith in.