Bittercress was the closing film at the Saturday screenings for the Del. Valley Film Festival. It was the only feature flick that I saw at the festival and was looking forward to the film, since the story seemed very compelling and the opening few minutes had me hooked.
Director Tom Sims succeeds in packing in a lot of emotional punch into a movie that was shot for around $10k.
I can imagine how difficult it must be for a mother to allow her son's murderer walk free and not be able to do anything about it. As with all the films that I saw at the festival, this gave us a story we could really relate to and I was impressed by how moving the film was given the budget and limited resources.
Bittercress does drag on a bit towards the end and I thought the way the characters got out of their predicament was a bit of a cop-out (no pun intended, for those who have seen the film).
But I applaud the work of Tom Sims and hope to see more from him soon!
Director Tom Sims succeeds in packing in a lot of emotional punch into a movie that was shot for around $10k.
I can imagine how difficult it must be for a mother to allow her son's murderer walk free and not be able to do anything about it. As with all the films that I saw at the festival, this gave us a story we could really relate to and I was impressed by how moving the film was given the budget and limited resources.
Bittercress does drag on a bit towards the end and I thought the way the characters got out of their predicament was a bit of a cop-out (no pun intended, for those who have seen the film).
But I applaud the work of Tom Sims and hope to see more from him soon!
