23 Minutes To Sunrise screens as part of The St. Louis Filmmakers Showcase on Monday, July 9th at 7:15pm at the Tivoli Theatre, 6350 Delmar Blvd.
23 Minutes To Sunrise is a small scale drama about a group of people gathered one night in an out-of-the-way 24-hour diner. It’s a well-made film hampered by a half-baked script and poorly handled third act left bank into the supernatural but it’s partially redeemed by a sardonic performance from the terrific Eric Roberts. The action all takes place in Illinois (it was filmed in Sauget), where eight people find themselves the only wee-hour inhabitants of the all-night Sunrise Diner. Sheila is a small town waitress trapped in an abusive marriage attracted to the younger black fry cook Eddie (Dingani Beza). Rachel and Ted, an unhappy 50-ish couple (Nia Peeples and Bob Zany) agonize over their failing marriage. Hair-trigger criminal Donny (Tom Sandoval) and...
23 Minutes To Sunrise is a small scale drama about a group of people gathered one night in an out-of-the-way 24-hour diner. It’s a well-made film hampered by a half-baked script and poorly handled third act left bank into the supernatural but it’s partially redeemed by a sardonic performance from the terrific Eric Roberts. The action all takes place in Illinois (it was filmed in Sauget), where eight people find themselves the only wee-hour inhabitants of the all-night Sunrise Diner. Sheila is a small town waitress trapped in an abusive marriage attracted to the younger black fry cook Eddie (Dingani Beza). Rachel and Ted, an unhappy 50-ish couple (Nia Peeples and Bob Zany) agonize over their failing marriage. Hair-trigger criminal Donny (Tom Sandoval) and...
- 7/8/2012
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Written and Directed by Vanessa Roman
Featuring Marisa Roman, Jilanne Klaus, William Lynn, Haley Busch, David Wassilak, Katie Arnold
I used to love watching the now-cult show Are You Afraid of The Dark?. There’s something deliciously earnest and seriously 90s about that series. It was also for kids, so it doesn't matter that it's silly and dated.
Play Dead, however, aspires to much more. I’m not quite sure what, but it’s definitely reaching for some Spielbergian-level of emotional manipulation. It fails in a spectacular manner, rendering it an ambitious project that doesn't use any of the following tools: logic, consistency or some semblance of realistic dialogue. Actually, if you look at Play Dead as an experimental film, it’s kind of interesting.
But no, it falls into the Are You Afraid of the Dark? category of cheese with special effects that haven’t been used since that...
Featuring Marisa Roman, Jilanne Klaus, William Lynn, Haley Busch, David Wassilak, Katie Arnold
I used to love watching the now-cult show Are You Afraid of The Dark?. There’s something deliciously earnest and seriously 90s about that series. It was also for kids, so it doesn't matter that it's silly and dated.
Play Dead, however, aspires to much more. I’m not quite sure what, but it’s definitely reaching for some Spielbergian-level of emotional manipulation. It fails in a spectacular manner, rendering it an ambitious project that doesn't use any of the following tools: logic, consistency or some semblance of realistic dialogue. Actually, if you look at Play Dead as an experimental film, it’s kind of interesting.
But no, it falls into the Are You Afraid of the Dark? category of cheese with special effects that haven’t been used since that...
- 4/2/2011
- by Alexandra West
- Planet Fury
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