Friday's Child

Acting good and realistic almost doccie like film giving it a very realistic feel...but ohhhh so drawwwwn out!...I just wanted it to end before I aged out and turned the light's out!

Once in a great while we have the opportunity to watch a "movie" that allows us to set on the shoulder of its characters, and observe the world that they live in. Taxi Driver and Midnight Cowboy come to mind. I am not saying this effort is in that astronomical realm, but it's not too far behind.

Imogen Poots has taken advantage of some great parts and should be considered for a high-end lead. Her understated Joan overcomes a few script deficiencies (they meet because she doesn't know who to drive a standard shift SUV). She's understandably frustrated, probably because they don't make any of those outside of Yugoslavia. Caleb Landry gives an extraordinary performance as "Swim." Occasional Hi Def, natural light scenes offer beautiful segues. Low cost but interesting, very visual sets. Definitely worth your time.

I've had this movie on my watchlist for almost two years. I finally decided to give it a shot. Turned out to be ok I guess. It floats along and gets by but is boring most of the time. Very grey and drawn out. Just a little too slow for my taste. It was shot well and had some decent actors but it lacked a meaning. Just a sad story about a seemingly good kid that gets out of foster care and makes some very bad choices. 5 stars

This is a small, independent movie. It is mostly set in Waco, Texas and mostly shot there. I recognized some of the areas from my several visits a few years back. They even have a scene of throwing tortillas off the Waco Suspension Bridge, a ritual most Baylor college students go through.

Texas native Tye Sheridan is the main character, Richie, an orphan who has banged around the foster system for most of his life. He is just turning 18 and as such will be emancipated. But how prepared is a barely educated 18-yr-old to jump right into adult life?

This story is about that difficulty and the eventual trouble he finds himself in. It is hard to find a real purpose for this movie other than to tell an interesting fictional story but one which may be close to reality for some in a similar situation.

My wife and I watched this at home on DVD from our public library, however she abandoned it when things got a bit weird in the middle of the movie.

An 18 yr old must leave foster care. He's never known focus or direction. His goal is survival. He goes from job to job without commitment to any of them. Eventually his life falls apart with no one to turn to but the only person who was actually nice to him once. It seems everybody else in this movie is there to be mean and uncaring to him.

This movie has stretches of movement without dialog. Long pointless scenes. Everything looks used. A bit difficult to watch because the plot is a long time coming. Imogen Poots as 'Joan' is a bright spot in his life in the viewers watching.