I understand how good films get made, they are good thus people are interested in making them happen. I even understand how bad films are made, the people making them are morons and have no idea what they are doing. So my question is, how do mediocre films get made?
They could be good if they went back and rewrote things, reevaluated it. They could be bad easily. This film was so medium gray, so boring and so mediocre. There are a series of stories being told, all interconnecting in some way (like Magnolia, all takes place in one day, all characters are connected to as least one other) All of the women are having particularly bad days, one pregnant and just finding out, one gets into a car accident after being caught having an affair....etc.
The writing though is so overly dramatic, and fake its hard to take much of it seriously, its trying so hard to be "Crash" and just failing. It is not nearly as gritty, or dark, the connections people have in "Crash" are real and grounded and infuriating and transparent. In this they care for one another for no reason, they tell one another secrets right after they meet them, and then they are suddenly best friends.
The dialogue was not good, way to quirky and melodramatic, as well as whoever wrote this cant write women well at all. The male characters as well are paper thin. The Cinematography was decent, but nothing good, lots of medium close ups, and cutting from shot A to shot B, again and again and again. The lighting was fake in a bad way, to much inappropriate uses of color, and random. It also looked rather ugly and cheap.
It was a bunch of little things that really turned me off, Example: One of the hookers in this is walking around the entire movie in a bra and thong, during the day, outside and no one seems to notice, care or even mention it. Really lame guys. None of the characters really had any development, it was cardboard.
This film was medium of the road, not good, but not bad, no one really needs to see it, and I'm surprised they got as many bigger names in it as they did. 5/10 stars.
Director: Sebastian Gutierrez
Starring: Carla Gugino, Adrianne Palicki, Connie Britton, Simon Baker, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Josh Brolin
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