The subject of this movie was interesting. A young girl deals with depression and feeling like a failure in life. It is a familiar subject that affects many young women and men.
The problem with this movie was the way it was filmed. The amateur style shaky cam, filmed on a phone, works for a few minutes but becomes hard to watch after 20 minutes.
Maybe they could have used that footage when the lead actress was sharing her honest thoughts to the audience and then used a normal film camera for everything else.
The main actress Reign Edwards who plays Mackzenie did a good job portraying this troubled teenager. She seemed authentic and showed how a distressed teenager might feel. However, some of her scenes where she talks into the camera lasted a little too long. Also, the camera phone was too close to her face in some scenes.
The movie does a great job of showing this strong bond and friendship between Mackzenie and her best friend, Lucas, played by Charlie Gillespie.
After watching Charlie Gillespie in the Netflix tv show 'Julie and the phantoms', it would have been nice to see his character singing and playing the guitar with Mac. Since Charlie is a good singer and musician. It would have been another thing to show Mac and Lucas's bond.
However, the movie fails to show the transition from Mac and Lucas going from friends to lovers. This is one of my favourite tropes and it felt like it was just tacked on at the end of the movie.
One minute, the actors are hanging out and Mac drops Lucas off at the airport. Then suddenly we see them kissing outside the car, we hear no dialogue. Then the next time they are together, Lucas is taking pictures of Mac. Then it skips to them sitting in a car and they are married. Then, their baby is born.
This all happens in the last final minutes of the movie.
There is no emotional payoff when Mac and Lucas become a couple. There are no scenes of them hugging or kissing (except for the airport scene). It seemed like an afterthought that was added in later by the scriptwriter.
The movie is not worth a perfect 10 star rating, that is reserved for exceptional movies. However, it was not a terrible movie.
I will look out for more movies starring these two actors. I think Charlie is talented and hasn't been given the right role to show off his range and talent yet.
The problem with this movie was the way it was filmed. The amateur style shaky cam, filmed on a phone, works for a few minutes but becomes hard to watch after 20 minutes.
Maybe they could have used that footage when the lead actress was sharing her honest thoughts to the audience and then used a normal film camera for everything else.
The main actress Reign Edwards who plays Mackzenie did a good job portraying this troubled teenager. She seemed authentic and showed how a distressed teenager might feel. However, some of her scenes where she talks into the camera lasted a little too long. Also, the camera phone was too close to her face in some scenes.
The movie does a great job of showing this strong bond and friendship between Mackzenie and her best friend, Lucas, played by Charlie Gillespie.
After watching Charlie Gillespie in the Netflix tv show 'Julie and the phantoms', it would have been nice to see his character singing and playing the guitar with Mac. Since Charlie is a good singer and musician. It would have been another thing to show Mac and Lucas's bond.
However, the movie fails to show the transition from Mac and Lucas going from friends to lovers. This is one of my favourite tropes and it felt like it was just tacked on at the end of the movie.
One minute, the actors are hanging out and Mac drops Lucas off at the airport. Then suddenly we see them kissing outside the car, we hear no dialogue. Then the next time they are together, Lucas is taking pictures of Mac. Then it skips to them sitting in a car and they are married. Then, their baby is born.
This all happens in the last final minutes of the movie.
There is no emotional payoff when Mac and Lucas become a couple. There are no scenes of them hugging or kissing (except for the airport scene). It seemed like an afterthought that was added in later by the scriptwriter.
The movie is not worth a perfect 10 star rating, that is reserved for exceptional movies. However, it was not a terrible movie.
I will look out for more movies starring these two actors. I think Charlie is talented and hasn't been given the right role to show off his range and talent yet.
