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A door-to-door salesman questions his sanity when stranded in a deserted town and threatened by residents who mistake him for a killer.A door-to-door salesman questions his sanity when stranded in a deserted town and threatened by residents who mistake him for a killer.A door-to-door salesman questions his sanity when stranded in a deserted town and threatened by residents who mistake him for a killer.
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Actually, I was going to see another movie, but the audio of it failed. Trying not to waste that couple of hours on something else, I ran to Netflix to find another movie.
I kinda read what it was about and decided to give "Sam Was Here" a chance (I like movies that include deserts and lone protagonists). I shouldn't have done it.
The movie is like a bad (and doubly extended) episode of "Twilight Zone": apparently, a mysterious red light in the sky turns all California hicks into masked killers, and Sam had the misfortune of being in the wrong place at the wrong time, nevertheless, the whole film is a total nonsense and no explanation is given.
Tip: if you saw this movie, don't ask yourself about the meaning of it (you won't find it), just forget it and keep going. If you didn't see it, don't ever do it.
I kinda read what it was about and decided to give "Sam Was Here" a chance (I like movies that include deserts and lone protagonists). I shouldn't have done it.
The movie is like a bad (and doubly extended) episode of "Twilight Zone": apparently, a mysterious red light in the sky turns all California hicks into masked killers, and Sam had the misfortune of being in the wrong place at the wrong time, nevertheless, the whole film is a total nonsense and no explanation is given.
Tip: if you saw this movie, don't ask yourself about the meaning of it (you won't find it), just forget it and keep going. If you didn't see it, don't ever do it.
I have been watching movies since I was 10 and I am 46 years old now and this movie is in the top 5 boring stupid movies I have ever seen .. it started good and pull me in and I wanted to know why is everything happening to sam ..
the ending was so bad and boring ..
its not horror and its not Thriller it starts as a Mystery and ends in Mystery ..
and sorry English is not my language ..
but this movie is a waste of time ..
the ending was so bad and boring ..
its not horror and its not Thriller it starts as a Mystery and ends in Mystery ..
and sorry English is not my language ..
but this movie is a waste of time ..
This movie is different it's not in a straight line and during the film the one thing that will go through your mind is, what's going on. To me that's an enormous plus but for some it's a negative but most of those same people will also complain when a movie uses a normal story progression as predictable. People complain just to complain and professional critic or a monkey just hitting keys could say it's good or bad for reasons that even they aren't sure of. You want a straightforward story this isn't the movie for you you like something different this will be. Life changing experience hardly but you won't feel like you want the time you spent watching this back.
And that's literally everything that can be said about this movie. Its some nifty piece of abstract art with absolutely no meaning behind it aka "make whatever you wanna make of it".
The worst part of it is the fact that it builds up and acts coherently till the last minute. Then turns around and undoes everything it has built up. Its 70 minutes of trolling and nothing more, and you will only realize this in the last minute.
The worst part of it is the fact that it builds up and acts coherently till the last minute. Then turns around and undoes everything it has built up. Its 70 minutes of trolling and nothing more, and you will only realize this in the last minute.
If you read the story-line here on IMDb you basically know everything about this movie. You won't get any surprises, answers or whatever. I don't get why you would make a movie without giving any explanations at the end. It's a total waste of our time. The filming is professional though, nothing bad to say about that. The actors are also okay. It's just the story-line that make no sense at all. There is that strange red glow in the air, people wearing masks trying to kill the main character, the radio host doing strange movements with his back etc. All things you will never get an explanation. So why bother and waste your time watching this? It has no point. I wished I didn't lose my time with this movie.
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- TriviaThe director himself told that the ending was not so important to be understood, but only the atmosphere, like a painting.
- GoofsAfter Sam drives with his car over the spikes on the road, it's clearly seen that the rear tires are intact.
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- Сэм был здесь
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- El Mirage, California, USA(Road scenes)
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- 1h 15m(75 min)
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- 2.35 : 1
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