Personal Effects was filmed in the Vancouver BC area. It was bad enough that the story of this drama was sad & dreary, The weather in the film was equally sad & dreary.
I have no objection to a sad, dreary story, BUT there should some light moments, to relieve the tension for the audience
David Hollander in his first theatre film, directed & wrote the screenplay,which was taken from a short story by, Rick Moody.
The film may have been from a short story BUT it is a very long 110 minute movie.
Now we come to the acting, contrary to what others have said. the performances are all first rate, even tho they all have to tend with grief.
Ashton Kutcher who usually does romantic comedy is excellent, I believed he was grief stricken. Michelle Pfeiffer is equally excellent as a recent widow & the mother of a deaf mute 20 (or so) year old lad. Spencer Hudson is the lad & this is his first role, a very fine debut. Kathy Bates is Ashtons's equally grief stricken mother.
I do not think there is one so called happy person cast.
All this good acting does not make up for the dreariness of the script.
The movie was released direct to DVD. I was disappointed.
Ratings: **1/2 (out of 4) 73 points (out of 100) IMDb 6 out of 10)
I have no objection to a sad, dreary story, BUT there should some light moments, to relieve the tension for the audience
David Hollander in his first theatre film, directed & wrote the screenplay,which was taken from a short story by, Rick Moody.
The film may have been from a short story BUT it is a very long 110 minute movie.
Now we come to the acting, contrary to what others have said. the performances are all first rate, even tho they all have to tend with grief.
Ashton Kutcher who usually does romantic comedy is excellent, I believed he was grief stricken. Michelle Pfeiffer is equally excellent as a recent widow & the mother of a deaf mute 20 (or so) year old lad. Spencer Hudson is the lad & this is his first role, a very fine debut. Kathy Bates is Ashtons's equally grief stricken mother.
I do not think there is one so called happy person cast.
All this good acting does not make up for the dreariness of the script.
The movie was released direct to DVD. I was disappointed.
Ratings: **1/2 (out of 4) 73 points (out of 100) IMDb 6 out of 10)