AboveDeepBuggy Some things I liked some I did not.

Pacionsbo Absolutely Fantastic

RipDelight This is a tender, generous movie that likes its characters and presents them as real people, full of flaws and strengths.

Tyreece Hulme One of the best movies of the year! Incredible from the beginning to the end.

dallasryan This is a tough film. It's gritty and it feels nostalgic as you watch the scenery in the film because it feels like we have all traveled to places like this before. It's a film about the sadness which harnesses it's energy upon us and sometimes we can never quite shake it. Or perhaps we can shake it.Raw performances by Stephen Dorff and Emile Hirsch, their best performances to date, in my opinion. If the film could have lobbied its actors maybe even an academy award nomination would have been in the midst for Dorff or Hirsch.A fine made film about who we are, what we lose and what we try to get back. Sad in all it's humility.

sebtax This was one of the saddest films I've seen in years, perhaps since "Brokeback Mountain". Although it explored different themes the overall tone was bleak and rather hopeless. Emile Hirsch gives a strong, touching performance as a "good man" whose bond with his brother gives him a not unwelcome responsibility. The brother, played by an almost unrecognizable Stephen Dorff, lost a leg hopping a freight train as a youth on the run. Together the brothers drift from motel to motel unable to root anywhere. Frank (Hirsch) is drawn to Elko, Nevada where a girl he once loved is living and while there is a connection nothing is certain or simple. Their relationship is clouded by the past, and Jerry Lee's (Dorff) involvement in a hit and run accident. It's a powerful story and the film is mysteriously undiscovered.

LeonLouisRicci Dire, Depressing, and a Bit Boring, this Indie Slice-of-Life Definitely has Talented Filmmakers at Work, but this is so Downbeat that it Never Raises True Concern or Empathy from the Viewer. Mostly Because it just Tries Too Hard.Virtually Humorless, Except in the Violent, Sketchy Animation that has its Charm. But that is about the Only Thing Charming in this Desperate Tale of Brotherhood. Emile Hirsch is Stoic and Noble in His Devotion to the Handicapped Stephen Dorff Playing Against Type as a Half-Wit Artist that is Hobbled by More than just One Leg.It is a Good Try, but the Film is Lifeless in its Showing of a Life with Less than Nothing to Live for. It Needs Some Upbeat Tweak to Contrast and Balance the Bleak and the Bummer that this so Strongly Embraces.

westsideschl Plot abstract - brothers grow up with bad luck always looking for them; almost every imaginable thing that can go wrong does. But, they still have each other's back and their storytelling. From an acting, filming and creative storytelling pov it's a four or five but a couple of things moved it down the charts for me. First, no subtitles and for a film which is storytelling dependent that is a no-no. Not only difficult for any hard of hearing, etc. but the enunciations and unique dialogue were difficult to follow anyway. Second, the pacing and over redundancy of the main theme made watching really slooow. Perhaps intended to embellish the cold desolate mood which the director also provided with other filming techniques but it turned out to be too much. Like having the same meal repeatedly, it loses it's taste eventually.