Vashirdfel Simply A Masterpiece

Platicsco Good story, Not enough for a whole film

InformationRap This is one of the few movies I've ever seen where the whole audience broke into spontaneous, loud applause a third of the way in.

Kaelan Mccaffrey Like the great film, it's made with a great deal of visible affection both in front of and behind the camera.

zif ofoz What to say about this marvelous film? As Gabriel, Rory Culkin will have you liking him, hating him, feeling empathy for him, and just like his family you want to help but Gabe is beyond help.Gabe makes a bus trip home after being an extended inpatient at a psychiatric hospital. (How long we do not know because it is irrelevant to the story). But first Gabe wants to find a girl he loves - Sarah. And this is the story in Gabriel. To get to Sarah, Gabe is no fool and you actually want him to achieve this goal. But you know it will be a dead end for him. In achieving this task Gabe sinks further into his mental illness.Director/Writer Lou Howe brings to us the very image of hopelessness by filming all the scenes during winter when all of nature appears dead, skies gray, the days are short. This is symbolic of how Gabe feels about himself, yet he wants to live and come back to a daily life just like spring. But Gabes sun has set and he doesn't realize it.A beautiful captivating film with superior acting and dialog by all.

Bieris Reyes This was one great film. When we first meet Gabriel we discover a young adult with some dark behavior of his own, but he doesn't really care what his family or anyone think about this because he knows he is right and he knows what can solve his "problems". I love how the director don't judge or try to give a life changing lesson to Gabriel, he just let him be himself, even when that's dangerous, and confront the raw truth when he finally have to. Rory give us a performance so natural and real that transmits to us his desperation, longing as well as making us fear for him. The restaurant scene is just painfully meaningful and really well executed by both the director and Rory. Overall great film, too bad people are too busy watching mainstream garbage to give this gem a chance.To Rory and the director Lou Howe: Please keep making good movies like this one even if you guys have to die poor.

Red_Identity I mean, first of all, the film has a really misleading poster. It just seems so much like a genre film, and what was fortunately surprising is that it's actually a very real, very honest portrayal of a film topic we've seen countless of times before. Although we have, it's rare to see it handled like this. The film keeps this harsh tone of menace without actually being a "thriller". It's impressive actually, and it's really impressive how well written the screenplay is. Rory Culkin is simply superb. The only other thing I've ever seen him in (well, since his kid turn in Signs) is Scream 4 and he was definitely a standout there. He has raw talent that the film was able to give him the opportunity to showcase. Easily one of the best performances of the year so far. Another standout in the film was Dierdre O'Connell. I'm not sure that the last 10 minutes worked as well as they should have, but the film made its point and it never became anything that betrayed everything that came before it. I'm really glad I got the opportunity to see his film, highly recommended.

subxerogravity It's a very very quiet film with an captivating performance by CulkinIt was a very down to earth look at a kid who just got out of a metal institution attempting to prove to everyone that he's not insane, when they all feel otherwise.The filmmakers added to this haunting quest by never fully accounting the actions of Gabriel before he got out. It's a good way to have the audience keep him as the protagonist, so that we a cheering for him all the way.The subtlety of the whole thing from the very beginning to the very end really does the trick and actually brings out Culkin's chilling performance.Thumbs up