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Such a depressingly good movie.....

posted 2 years ago by [deleted]
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Just saw this and in one way it was quite difficult to watch because of how real and raw it felt.

Such wonderful acting and actors all around. Not only that, the feeling of "real" people was so stark and all throughout the movie.

Some other poster commented how what was portrayed was not America and that is a load of BS - this flick is AMERICA. I've known too many people that live like some of those portrayed in this film.

As for the ending, I'm assuming what the intention was, but at the same time, I think the filmmaker ended it the way he did so the viewer could interpret the ending any way he or she wanted to.

On top of that, the portrayal of the Simon Rex character stayed genuine - no great epiphany to make the character change or pull a rabbit out of his hat, but just genuine to the character all the way.

[–] stickman38 (3439) 2 years ago

I saw it a few days ago. It sounds like you might have liked it more than I did but yeah, the best part about it has to be the casting. It was perfect, they all fit their roles really well, which is basically a group of trailer trash hicks...lol. 2nd best part(s) were the sex scenes. lol!

But I wasn't crazy about that ending. Kinda leaves you hanging and it also left the door wide open for a sequel.

Either way, I'll give it a solid 6.8 out of 10. While the casting (and acting) was good, none of the characters are all that interesting with the exception of Strawberry, played by Suzanna Son. If you're looking for a good trailer trash movie, this is probably worth watching.