I found Stretch on Netflix while searching for a comedy flick. It certainly had the ingredients to be a funny and entertaining movie when I read the description. The movie starts of sort of slow, giving us a couple quick scenes with David Hasslehoff and Ray Liota. I was intrigued by the way both of these actors, especially Liota appeared in this movie. I will admit that Liota was the reason I gave this movie a chance, because in the beginning I was debating to write this movie off and find another one. Luckily, Liota popped in at the perfect time and gave me a glimmer of hope for the movie. Liota is a phenomenal actor, and certainly not hard up for a few bucks and desperate to get any role in a movie he can; so for those reasons I decided to give the movie a chance. I figured that Stretch couldn't be THAT terrible, because I know Liota would not have wasted his time with a terrible movie. So I kept watching, and I was not let down. Without giving out too much of the details for readers that have not seen it yet, Stretch was not what I was expecting, and I'm certain you will feel the same after watching it. The acting was not bad, the script was decent, and the plot was above average. I was happy to see a fairly new movie that did not force unrealistic and ridiculous events just for the sake of pushing the plot forward. This movie had more of a natural flow to it than the majority of movies that have come out in recent years. I was also happy that I wasn't able to predict what was going to happen. Everything about this movie caught me off guard, and for that I am impressed. Although this movie was not "funny" by any means, I still enjoyed it and got good vibes. There was substance behind this movie. There was intelligence behind the script. This movie was truly unlike any movie I have ever seen. I would not even classify it as any genre to be honest. It would even be impossible to compare to any other movie. With that being said, give Stretch a chance. Don't have any expectations and just take it for what it is, and not what you would want or expect it to be.
Review of Stretch
Stretch
(2014)
Refreshing, chaotic, unpredictable, strange, different and a movie with character.
16 March 2015
Warning: Spoilers