Saw it Tonight

It was tough to accept that the car crash portrayed on screen was capable of such catastrophic injuries because it appeared too slow and undramatic. Freeman played his Daniel character as so gentle and benevolent that you could not imagine him as the monstrous alcoholic retired cop which was important to his subplot. Molly Shannon was a terrible miscast and played her mother role like she was in an SNL skit and it was awful and distracting. There was little chemistry between Pugh and Uche to make their romance believable (although they had one scene at the end that was really well acted and you finally got the sense their characters might be in love). There were editing problems that made me wonder if the behind-the-scenes professionals really cared about the work product.

Celeste O’Connor was really good for a young actress and the scenes of her subconsciously trying to hurt Pugh’s Allison were creatively written and well acted.

However, the reason to see this movie is for the scenes where Pugh and Freeman appear together as the only two actors on screen. These three or four scenes saved the entire film. They were the best written exchanges and really engaging. I wanted to hit rewind to watch these scenes again.

Overall, I think it’s a C+ movie but it was relaxing Sunday night entertainment. If you can hang through the problems, you’ll see some great scenes when Pugh and Freeman are on screen together.