Brett Garten, Movie Extraordinare
Cinematic Sommelier
7.7
Summertime in Northern Michigan… there’s nothing like it!
Every story a different angle looking at the same beautiful canvas and complicated humanity that fills it every year in between the snow falling in the great mitten state. An incredibly well done independent film project that does end on a weirdly abrupt note… but kept me 100% in it until then. Enjoy the ambiance of the reasons I love calling Northern Michigan home.
6.9
Was I mainly here to see Margaret Qualley? Yes. Yes I was.
Was the rest of the movie as good as I expected? Yes and no. It slips a little too deep into insanity at times for my taste, but with a style that kept me in it 100% from beginning to end, even if I didn’t fully grasp every twist and turn or the “why” behind half of what happened on the screen.
8.5
One for the books – Mostly – because it was so damn HUMAN.
Brendan Fraser is really knocking it out of the park lately, and really just seems like a genuinely good dude on and off the screen.
I wasn’t expecting such weight from such a tight runtime, but here we are. Every character is played to perfection and the focus on relationships really drives home the importance of connection in this world, more and more with each passing day. Go on that adventure you’ve been daydreaming about. Get lost in the beauty of the world around you. The good stuff is often in the messy stuff… this one should be talked about A LOT come awards season.
7.4
Odd timing for the release, given Jonathan Majors’ recent career events… but an incredible film nonetheless.
Just when you thin to yourself “oh this can’t get worse,” it does. WAY worse. SO many spirals and close calls with destiny in this 2 hour runtime. Get ready for the definition of delusion and character study to be on full display as you travel the entire spectrum of emotions multiple times along the journey.
6.6
Ghost POV was a fun ride… I could have done without the constant threat of witnessing a sexual assault, but the rest of the movie was so-so to almost solid. There were just so many unnecessary tangents and strange side quests that distract from what could have been a truly original and cool film. IT ends up being kind of predictable and overall “meh.” Also, be careful of mirrors. Pro tip.
Brett Garten, Movie Extraordinare 