Beautiful and Original

The story centers around 2 people that fall in love and their dysfunctional family lives. Matthew, a gifted 30 something computer engineer and Maria, a spoiled naive teenager. Maria's boyfriend ends up getting her pregnant and not wanting anything to do with her, she drops out of school, her mother is controlling, her fathers dead and shes basically hit rock bottom. Matthew has similiar problems with his father. His fathers abusive and Matthew has somewhat of a suicial streak. During all this, These two end up stumbling upon eachother and eventually falling in love...though its not your typical courtship. Its more of a reluctant meeting of the minds. 2 misfits who just happened to come across eachother at the perfect time. They soon learn a lot about eachother while confronting their inner demons and issues while 'changing' eachother for the better.

What makes the film good is not so much the plot but the interaction between the characters. It shares a similar theme/humor with the Todd Solondz movie 'Happiness', except this one has a more serious vibe about it... Serious yet humorous. Its one of those movies you really can't categorize. It's hard to explain in words what makes this movie so good, you just have to watch it. Definitely worth the watch.. different, original & heavy on the irony and dry humor. Highly Recommended.

Respect + Admiration + Trust = Love

"this is a story about sex, love, tv, and...'an intoxicating romance'!"

(that's what the cover of my tape says) :-)

i saw this movie before it was released to the public, i have a promo screener copy that scrolls writing across the bottom of the screen all the way through the movie...
but i enjoy this movie so much, that i don't even notice the annoying scrolling...

this is, sort of, one of those strange, satirical, dark comedies, yet such brutal honesty reflecting life, that...well...
makes ya cry and laugh at the same time.(does that make sense?)

just love mathew slaughter...reminds me of me back in the same time period...the seriousness, the internal anger, the dangerousness(is that a word?) and the sincerity all at once.

i think this movie works best when viewed alone or with a close partner or spouse...it doesn't quite work in a busy room or with friends over...
of course, extremely sincere individuals will probably love this movie, while ones who are sincerely "not", may absolutely hate it.

just love it when "cookie-[....]" (anthony) gets tossed around.
......................[(of the face)]..........................
(that wasn't a bad word, hard to believe they had to edit it)
anyway...

i did not know that "maria" or a. shelly had been murdered by an illegal 'till i read these reviews just now...tragic...sad...
gives me more of that "internal anger"...makes me want to change my name to mathew slaughter and join the border patrol.

wake.

True Trust

I have always loved this movie. The recent passing of Adrienne Shelly at the the hands of an illegal immigrant shook me deeply. A needless waste to Anarchism and it's screed. Adrienne Shelly was beautiful and a part of Americana that must not be missed. Hal Hartly is the maker of this and other great American films.