Everyone is this film seems to be in the depths of depression with no sign of ever emerging from it. All interactions between characters are as stilted as the dialogue is trite. Question is, will you get sick of the kid's hangdog face (which never changes) or the droning electronic music and tinkling piano. At least give your main character a teeny bit of personality. Why that cute girl had a thing for him confounds reason. It's not like it was a deep introspective brooding. There was nobody home. He was a complete imbecile! I've worked in shelters, and while the clients are certainly suffering there's a comraderie and joking around and general distractions of their situation. It's not all brooding and moaning like the characters here. His superior attitude would have gotten him severely beaten on the street after leaving the shelter for the day. His grandma was hokey and the relationship with his Dad came across as false. Any time a character tried to be kind or lighthearted towards him, it was overplayed and only reminded to serve the viewer that makers of this film were woefully unequipped to the task and didn't do much of any research regarding their chosen subject matter. In more competent hands this could have been a rather compelling movie. As it stands it's beyond dull. And the flashbacks were a drag. This would have been easier to watch if it unfolded in a linear fashion. The lighting is atrocious. The running time is an aberration. Everything, meaning very little, this movie wanted to say could have been accomplished in a 20 minute short. This was an absolute slog to endure. Easily the most annoying movie I've sat through. Eventually i had to mute it whenever that darn piano music came on. Will definitely avoid any future projects from the writers and producers of this travesty.
