In This Gray Place

It's funny how two people can watch the same film and come away having two completely views on what they just watched. Me: it was a haunting and beautiful love story with perfect music, and stunning cinematography. It was a story that dealt with boundless love, deep regrets and desperation. My husband: it was about a guy stuck in a bathroom for two hours.

There's some great thing about this film, some bad things, and a ton in-between. Let's talk the technical execution first. The movie has powerful music, great camera work, the editing is top notch and actually brings a lot of personality, and I'm even going to say the premise is pretty cool, especially the twist at the end.

I'm not a big fan of the poetic stuff. Feels kinda forced. But I do like how the idea of destiny keeps popping up. As if destiny is something inevitable, just like it's inevitable how the movie is going to end. There really isn't any other way out.

Another thing. It's a standoff movie. He shoots at the cops so I understand they wouldn't go in guns blazing, but after the tear gas it would be all over. I understand most people thinks cops just shoot to kill when in fact they would want to breach safely hence the negotiator, but c'mon! 1 tear gas can and the whole thing would be done.

Overall the idea of having a single location movie is pretty tough. You get a sense of claustrophobia for sure, but after a while it does start to get old. The acting was pretty spot on throughout but there were a few rough patches here and there. The director uses flashbacks to keep us interested which mostly works but from time to time it can also feel monotonous. For being a no budget independent film I think there's a lot here to be applauded. There are a couple of really amazing scenes but they are scattered too thin in my good. Solid effort for a indie movie.

People who come with the excuse "it's a low budget movie, what did you expected?", should first go and watch 'Locke', for example... learn and then talk! The acting is bad! The story is bad! They all scream (trying to bring tension and drama for the lack good script and on-screen action), but it is so loud and annoying...

I regret having even dared to watch it. Absolutely awful

I want to like this movie but I cannot. The idea behind this movie is a good one but it's been made and played by an thoughtless and emotionless crew.

The movie starts good but then turns terribly awful when you realize that the screenplay has many inconsistencies inside it.

Hey, if you want to prove love, beauty and meaning inside a room, do not bring the police in. We all know the Police is not that dumb. We all know the Police acts better and faster than that. We all know the Police can check the phone conversations when they have to. So, please try to PROVE LOVE BEAUTY AND MEANING in a better CONTEXT. Terrible screenwriting.

The acting is not believable.

Watch this movie so that you learn how to make better movies. Do not make the same mistakes.