Stuck

The longest standing ovation (full house too)I can recall in many years at The Woodstock Film Festival. This film is fully engaging and so moving. We all attached to the characters and shared their discomfort, anger, sadness and confusion. The music was seamlessly worked into the dialog and it was varied and emotionally real. There wasn't a soul who left without vowing to be a more open and less judgmental person in life. GO! whenever it gets distribution!

You have to hunt to find this gem (literally, check R/T), which tries, and mostly succeeds, to be an honest but unifying force. Giancarlo Esposito's superb portrayal of a subway bum is the exact opposite of the simmering, fastidious heavy in the long running Breaking Bad/Better Call Saul series. Half the music is excellent, especially Giancarlo singing (a non- Patsy Cline) "Crazy". But the other half is Broadway sing-song boiler plate, which is why I didn't make it a 10.

The low budget film is not bad, but it is just really far removed from reality. I cannot imagine being in public transport, having all these highly unlikely interactions and conversations. Hence, I cannot get into the story at all.

Saw STUCK this week at the Woodstock, NY film fest. I haven't posted a review before, but this film was so special that I wanted to share. I loved it. The story is quite creative, with some unexpected twists. The talented cast, great story, and very very special music make this a truly unique film. Overall, this is a gem. Looking forward to distribution so more audiences can experience it.

A simple premise, executed efficiently, six problematic and completely different people involved in a musical debate, at the same time dramatic becomes fun and a very emotional ending, here we see that no one enters our life by chance, each one has a purpose to get in or out of it...