This was pretty interesting and entertaining for a very low budget effort. It's definitely one of the better free to watch movies on Cinemanow that I've seen.
Bedford Springs has a rather interesting style- it's a character driven film that isn't quite a comedy or a drama. It's mildly amusing and mildly dramatic in parts, but never boring.
A lot of people will be able to relate to one or more of the characters. The females are portrayed as strong and intelligent and I'd be surprised if that had nothing to do with why women have rated it much higher on average here.
It's far from perfect, though. The script seems like it was underdeveloped and the characters behave in ways that don't add up at times. It also doesn't really have much of an ending.
(MILD SPOILERS) For instance, Guy seems to really dislike his friend's mother and expresses a strong desire to avoid her as much as possible. Yet in the middle of the movie, he waltzes in her house, helps himself to cornflakes and plops down right in front of her on the couch as if he never had such a sentiment.
Also, it's never explained how a terminal slacker like Guy was able to pay for his apartment in the first place, much less all the fast food and consumer goods he is buying throughout the film despite supposedly being broke and desperate for cash.
Guy is fairly convincingly portrayed as a directionless, but very smart guy surrounded and vexed by relative idiots. However, one would think with all his wits he would have been less bumbling a criminal. You get the impression he was fortunate not to get busted along with his dullard friend.
It's definitely worth watching for free. You won't feel like you wasted your time.
Bedford Springs has a rather interesting style- it's a character driven film that isn't quite a comedy or a drama. It's mildly amusing and mildly dramatic in parts, but never boring.
A lot of people will be able to relate to one or more of the characters. The females are portrayed as strong and intelligent and I'd be surprised if that had nothing to do with why women have rated it much higher on average here.
It's far from perfect, though. The script seems like it was underdeveloped and the characters behave in ways that don't add up at times. It also doesn't really have much of an ending.
(MILD SPOILERS) For instance, Guy seems to really dislike his friend's mother and expresses a strong desire to avoid her as much as possible. Yet in the middle of the movie, he waltzes in her house, helps himself to cornflakes and plops down right in front of her on the couch as if he never had such a sentiment.
Also, it's never explained how a terminal slacker like Guy was able to pay for his apartment in the first place, much less all the fast food and consumer goods he is buying throughout the film despite supposedly being broke and desperate for cash.
Guy is fairly convincingly portrayed as a directionless, but very smart guy surrounded and vexed by relative idiots. However, one would think with all his wits he would have been less bumbling a criminal. You get the impression he was fortunate not to get busted along with his dullard friend.
It's definitely worth watching for free. You won't feel like you wasted your time.
