This Is My Year

This movie is awesome, reminds me of my LA experience- and there's a great Sum 41 joke, which not many movies can say

An intimate, sparse, cinema verite-style film about the despairing grind of trying to make it in Los Angeles. It resonated with me due to my own personal experiences.

Its a strange film about a girl in an apartment, and thats that. its a 1 location movie,a lot of existential strive,discussions,sex and talk. it never reahes anything interesting, just a boring year in l.a..its a terrible lack of story that does not satisfy an old grumpy man like me.

i cannot give 1 to this film,because the craftmanship of making a low budget movie with such technical quality deserves more,so i give it 3

This movie is a great little indie film with funny writing and solid acting. It follows a young woman as she gives herself one last shot to make it in Hollywood -- perhaps because I have friends in the entertainment industry, I found the story very relatable. It's charming, likable, and an exceedingly pleasant way to spend a couple of hours.

This is a movie that could so easily be dismissed in the flotsam that washes up on Amazon Prime, but that would be an unfair dismissal. What could so easily have been an exploitative and airheaded account of a pretty actress's year of breaking into Hollywood, is a surprisingly tough and deep look at the price of fame in a highly competitive industry, but one that retain a light touch.

The leads are excellent and even the supporting cast well fleshed out. The arrival of RJ Haynes as the midpoint character, the lead's slacker older brother, is particularly welcome in providing a warm and comic injection. I especially liked the subplot of the famous actress and her downward arc as presented on the E!-Like Hollywood gossip channel that the characters watch throughout the movie.

I understand the one location used for the film is the director's apartment. This sums up the shoestring budget but the filmmakers really impress in injecting the film with so much spirit and interest that I didn't really mind the limitations of the budget at all. The film felt real in a way many higher budget films don't.

All in all, a really refreshing and thoughtful comedy about Hollywood entryism.