This is a 'small' film but done very well. The low budget results in real sets and realistic looking cinematography but that doesn't mean done poorly. Just the opposite in fact. The look and sound of the film is up to any standard.
The story itself is, again, minor and just plain pleasant. Each protagonist character has a well defined arc which makes perfect sense given the movie's stream. The plot is simply a quest an almost middle aged man makes to find his place in society. He starts out a misfit but doesn't wish to end that way. Does he make it? Well, buy or rent this one and find out for yourself.
The movie is sprinkled with real seeming characters who act believably. That's its main strength. The other strength is really a negative one. The movie has no gross out 'gags', no or at least very few incidents of 'bad' language, nothing overtly sexual, nothing blows up, catches fire or gets crushed. As others have said, this movie doesn't deserve an R rating or even a PG-13 one. It was cheated for some reason by the ratings agency.
I strongly recommend this film for the entire family. It shows the building of relationships through common goals as well as resolution of conflict through means other than taking an RPG and blowing the other faction up. It's also darned funny and touching in places.
The story itself is, again, minor and just plain pleasant. Each protagonist character has a well defined arc which makes perfect sense given the movie's stream. The plot is simply a quest an almost middle aged man makes to find his place in society. He starts out a misfit but doesn't wish to end that way. Does he make it? Well, buy or rent this one and find out for yourself.
The movie is sprinkled with real seeming characters who act believably. That's its main strength. The other strength is really a negative one. The movie has no gross out 'gags', no or at least very few incidents of 'bad' language, nothing overtly sexual, nothing blows up, catches fire or gets crushed. As others have said, this movie doesn't deserve an R rating or even a PG-13 one. It was cheated for some reason by the ratings agency.
I strongly recommend this film for the entire family. It shows the building of relationships through common goals as well as resolution of conflict through means other than taking an RPG and blowing the other faction up. It's also darned funny and touching in places.