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I had the privilege of checking out this movie at the Beverly Hills Film & TV Festival and was pleasantly surprised by how good this low budget Indy was. Being in LA a lot, I get a chance to go to a fair amount of "unknown cinema" and many times I am let down by filmmakers trying to much. "Mad World" was the exact opposite. The film has a very strong message about teen bullying and school shootings yet it somehow managed to be artistic and like a really good after school special all at the same time. I don't want to spoil it, but this film does have some very dark and had to watch scenes, so if you can't take that sort of stuff, stay away, but if you can step back from the horror, I really feel like you find beauty in the very un-beautiful world the filmmakers set up. I laughed at the beginning, though I must admit I thought the flick would be campy, and cried at the end. After the Q & A, I knew that the beginning was there, to make the end feel worse and I loved that and this film. When or if it comes out, A MUST SEE.

You can talk smack on this movie all you want, but if you ask me its just good old fashioned entertainment. Is the story bad? Yes. Is the acting bad? yes, but I think it should be. Is the movie bad? No, not if you like to laugh at stupidity. If you want a movie that is going to change your life, then this is not the movie for you. If you want to see Sly Stallone run around with his old mom in an action movie, which I certainty do, then this is for you for know until the end of time. From the opening credits to the end credits, I laughed. I laughed when I was supposed to, and I laughed when I wasn't. The point is, I was never bored and often times I feel people forget that if a movie keeps you watching, then its good even if its bad. Don't get me wrong Gandhi is great because you are moves and learned, but movies like this are great because you laugh and forget. Give this a chance.