My concerns about the film were that it wouldn’t treat the topic of teenage depression with adequate respect. And I was right. This movie is more or less what I expected. It’s perhaps, slightly worse. Even accepting what the film is didn’t prepare me for how painful it would be to sit through. 1.9/10
Tag: <span>genre: drama</span>
Open Wound makes some smart choices and some interesting choices. There’s some real potential here. But at the end of the film, it’s primarily an unsatisfying and frustrating watch and not remotely frightening. 3.5/10
I think The Little Sister bit off more than it could chew in terms of all the things it wants to explore in this film. That being said, due to its well-realized and excellently performed lead character, the film remains engaging, impressive and often truthful, even in its lack of resolution. 6.6/10
The Experience spends most of its run time as a troubled teen narrative complete with lesbian romance and a staggeringly blatant blue filter. It takes a turn into science fiction at the end. This is an interesting choice that makes the movie more memorable. It doesn’t make it better, though. 3.4/10
There isn’t much in this film that I think was actually “good.” At least, not if you’re comparing it to films beyond other Vivamax originals. But there’s not much here I found outright bad or objectionable either. This is the new high water mark for Vivamax. I’d love to see them improve on it, though I’m not holding my breath. 5.1/10
Heartless is a sumptuous and triumphant coming-of-age film. It’s absolutely gorgeous to behold. 8.1/10
The Investigator has one main aim: to shine a light on a very shameful piece of UK recent history with accuracy and receipts. 6.0/10
This is a milquetoast attempt at exploitation that mostly goes to show the age and opinions of its director more than any sort of accurate or even entertaining look at hot young bisexuals in France. 2.7/10
This film is a series of bad choices done for the sake of “drama.” It’s a miserable watch both because of such a sad sack protagonist and because it’s just not very good filmmaking. While I hoped for a hidden gem, A Song of the Girl is more representative of the likely outcome you get if you scroll too far into Tubi’s annals. 2.8/10
Do I Know You From Somewhere? uses a sci-fi or at least, magical realism concept to tell a grounded story about relationships, choices and people. 6.1/10