Statistics

Really exciting movie. It is, I suppose, a drama, but you could also call it a horror movie, in that it is about the horror of our fragility and the randomness of death. Very scary. By the time you see the pregnant lady and her loving husband, you say, "oh, god, what are they going to do to her." I found that the movie colored my vision for hours afterward, and made me want to spend as much time with my family as possible. The movie has a protagonist, but it also has a Hero, a character who Does the Right Thing. And it also has a Villain, an evil man with a death wish.

In short, this movie is about how you feel on your worst day, but with a glimmer of hope. Really well done, but you have to tolerate being really upset.

In a time when all of the movies that are currently being released are either remakes, have poorly written plots or bad character development,it is exciting to see a film that breaks away from the norm.

Statistics is a movie that should not be missed. It's stories and characters will find a way into every viewer's psyche. The performance by Kent Harper is mesmerizing. It was very reminiscent of former talk show host Allan Berg, who himself became a statistic when he was murdered by neo-Nazis in the mid 1980's.

The well written, character driven plot will be sure to touch each viewer, reminding them of a friend, family member or even themselves in a similar situation. The dialog between the characters is natural and the acting is of the highest quality. I hope that we see more from the actors in this cast and the writer in the future.

So, please don't miss this movie.

How this movie has a 4.2 rating I'll never understand. For writer director editor Frank Robak it is without doubt a labor of love. Kent Harper, co-producer and principal actor does a marvelous job as he evokes a universal emotion in us all, and touches on some facet of each viewer's life in his frustration in not being able to comprehend why things are as they are, why people visit violence upon each other, why life itself seems cruelest in giving us those things we love most and then taking them away. It's not your typical movie. It's more an examination of the state of our world and the ways in which we interact with each other, whether purposely, negatively, or simply in passing. And the affect these interactions have. Definitely one to watch again, a great surprise, and a lesson to me to go with your gut and read these viewer's offerings here, so as to not put more onus on it's 4.2 rating which would cause so many, including me, to normally just pass it by.

"Statistics is literally now one of my favorite movies and I anticipate getting to see it again. I am still moved when I think about the movie and how it played out and the character development, acting, and beautiful cinematography. How the accidents and high areas of conflict or pain, so to speak were replaced with a dissolve or a nice cut rather than your typical "realistic" gore or vivid accident. I am really taken back. Its everything I preach on my jackets or in life...life isn't fair and it isn't easy but it depends on how you look at it and there is hope. I really can't say enough about it and the crew you teamed with and I was HONORED to have been a part of the screening and the party and meet everyone. I am just babbling now but like I said I can't say enough about it and I still get choked up thinking about how this is the message I have been dreaming for in a film. I have not been moved like this since a Requiem, Amelie, or Last Minute. All these movies moved me in a different specific way but in a relative sense the power of each film was the same whether it be depressing, loving, or inspirational. This film is on that level. I think this movie has the potential to change the way people think in a positive light. It was weird because right before I came to see the screening I was watching TV and there were commercials for Bloodrayne, and Underworld and I thought about Kill Bill and Aeon Flux and especially The Matrix how all the movies nowadays PREACH how the ONE must take over or change the world...but no movies speak about WE about US about TOGETHER. That is what sets this movie apart. It tests people, it questions people to think about those around them and not just themselves...I think this movie has potential to be tremendous."

I was invited to see a cast and crew screening of this film and LOVED it. It is Beautifully shot. The entire cast is Excellent. I found the direction crisp and the writing to be very strong & powerful. This film took me by surprise, very subtle in it's style in some places and then WHAM right to the heart of the films disturbing, yet enlightening premise....that we are ALL Statistics, we just don't know when or how it will happen. Once you realize this, it's like watching an accident about to happen, or not happen, you don't who it will be next, or how it will happen and you just simply can't look away. The way the filmmaker laces the characters together reminds me of the masterful Robert Altman film, Short Cuts and some of it's Rawness of American History X, yet it's even more original in it's execution of it's concept than those. The Director has a unique voice. Our lives ARE precious and this film will make you ponder that fact deeply.