Wordiezett So much average

Lawbolisted Powerful

FirstWitch A movie that not only functions as a solid scarefest but a razor-sharp satire.

Zlatica One of the worst ways to make a cult movie is to set out to make a cult movie.

ajrg-17-381639 The acting was awful so was the sound, the plot was terrible but the carny culture summary from her childhood was good and we were hoping to have her molested or something liked turned into a thief as a kid so we could get into it. Maybe she tries to overcome sexual abuse or being a real delinquent. But no. And why did her father want her? And why did her mother want to leave? What was her history? But the main character was awful and there were some really bad shots of her. The directing was worse. I think it could have been good with a rewrite and better casting and editing. Anyway it missed although it really was not the worst film of all time. How did it get made? It must have been someone knew someone. But I actually thought the carny characters and her Dad were very good. Even Bradley Cooper was not awful but forgettable. So it gets a 2 from me.

contrerassherry I seldom hate movies, even when they get a low score here I've usually liked them more than other reviewers. This was awful. I only rented it because I'm on a Bradley Cooper kick and I'm working on watching everything he's been in.The sound was horrible. There was all this background noise. At one point the dialog wasn't synced with the characters' mouths. It was very amateurish.The whole plot stunk as well. The main character (Kenna) was really annoying. I felt no empathy for her whatsoever. I couldn't see why two guys would both be vying for her commitment.The ending didn't deliver much either. I was just glad it was over.

dashopaholic I checked this one out of my public library. Thank goodness! Because had I spent $10 for movie tickets for this I would have been demanding my money back! Yep, it's that BAD! The DVD case said it was a 2011 movie so I was expecting the Bradley Cooper we all know from Failure to Launch or The Hangover. That's NOT what you will get. After finally coming to IMDb I discovered this movie really is from 2002. So it is one of his earliest attempts at his craft. Thank goodness, he has become better at his craft! Normally, I will watch a movie to its very end....most often with the hope that it will become better. But having reached that hallmark age of half a century, I figure my time is limited and I will no longer be wasting it on BAD movies, BAD books, whatever! I stopped watching this one exactly 33 minutes into it. I couldn't take another hour of it.I first thought since it was 2011 that maybe he was doing this as a favor to his hometown or something. You know getting together with your old buds and family and making a movie. The acting is just WOODEN. Pinochio was less wood! I don't know WHO any of these people are EXCEPT Bradley Cooper. So I'ma thinking that none of them went on to anything else. Thank the universe for small miracles!I wouldn't waste your time on this one. Sometimes, their first efforts are best left UNKNOWN. That brings me to my PET PEEVE with this industry. Repackaging movies showing a MAJOR STAR on the cover and putting the current year's date on the back of the case. This is FRAUDULENT!!! I'm TIRED of this industry doing sneaky stuff like this to squeeze out one more dollar. Cooper is not the star of this movie. He is part of an ensemble cast. The story is about the girl played by colleen Porch (Pinochio-ette). Yet his picture is prominently displayed on the front of the DVD. They did the same thing with a Sandra Bullock film Hangmen from 1987. Repackaged it with her on the front cover and she has a small role and put the current date on it not the actual date it was filmed/released! FRAUD!!!!!

Julianne Frank If you are an aspiring independent filmmaker, you must see this film. It will give you immense optimism when you see how low the bar must be to get a film into distribution. How they got Bradley Cooper to do this movie is beyond comprehension. The production quality of this film is abhorrent. The editing is amateurish, the fades ill-timed and misplaced. As to the sound, there is a scene where they tried to overdub the dialog and it looks like a Japanese Godzilla moment. There are moments when the audio is tinny and distant. And that is before you get to the essence itself. The protagonist character has no redeeming virtues. She is portrayed as a whiny, slutty, incessantly complaining, baggage-laden woman and it belies belief that the two male characters would have any reason to be infatuated with her. We simply do not care whether she redeems herself, and one is compelled to yell to Bradley Cooper to get out of there…both her bedroom and the movie. There is a particularly pretentious attempt at a montage that fails miserably…a crane shot above an empty art gallery where the protagonist is having her debut…the director shows the crowd filtering into the gallery..with interminable lingering on the small crowd, then dissolve to a small crowd, followed by a still small crowd, followed by…a still small crowd…as if they just couldn't get enough extras to sacrifice themselves on the altar of this embarrassingly misguided effort. The final assault comes in the form of the script. Most of the actors...Cooper excepted... look as if they are reciting lines off a cue card. The closing scene voice over is incomprehensible and leaves you shaking your head to remove the glaze from your eyes. To get this film sold to Liongate and into distribution, there had to be some very serious "Bending of the Rules"