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Monday, March 14, 2011
Middle of Nowhere (1:35) 2008
Grace is all set to attend LSU in the fall except she needs to have $12,000.00 for tuition. Her mother has squandered the money left to her and her sister and racked up credit card debit in Grace's name. Grace works at a Louisiana water park each summer. Dorian, the adopted son of a wealthy couple, has been sent to live with his uncle and also works at the same water park. Dorian is 17 and the family screw up. Dorian learns that Grace has to come up with the the twelve thousand by the end of the summer and offers her a chance to go 50/50 in his business. He is a pot dealer and needs her car to make deliveries. She reluctantly agrees and they start making serious money. Along the way, Grace learns a family secret and Dorian meets his biological mother. The acting was good, the plot was that of a made for television money. I liked the growing relationship and the conflict between Grace and Dorian. No rush but you may want to check it out sometime.
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This movie came recommended to me because I'm a huge fan of The Go-Getter, and I heard this was similar - a coming of age indie dramedy with some romance thrown in and a killer indie rock soundtrack. The Susan Sarandon/Eva Amurri mother/daughter combo was enticing too, and this movie just came to Netflix Instant Watch, so I checked it out.
ReplyDeleteThe movie starts off great, with awesome pacing and some hilarious/awkward moments. I think Anton Yelchin does a great job as Dorian, and they made him a realistic character instead of just a stock idiot drug dealer. However, it did seem to tail off in the second half, and just started to feel a little too indie/emo for me...still, definitely worth a watch.
The music didn't disappoint at all though, and while I would've loved some M. Ward like in the Go-Getter, there were great selections here, too. I especially liked Oslo's "No Regrets" which played the first time Grace (Amurri) drove Dorian to a drug deal, unknowingly (you can watch at http://vimeo.com/22308888 )
Also, in the scene when Dorian meets Grace's little sister Taylor and they played Middle Distance Runner's "The Sun & Earth" I thought it was cool how they incorporated the song into the script ( watch at http://vimeo.com/22308533 )
Wow, you really into music, sometime that I totally missed. Thanks for the comments, they are totally appreciated!
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