Beggarman

Got to see the movie at the 2025 Garden State Film Festival. This movie was far and away the best one there. Truly enjoyed the acting, the writing and the overall feel from the movie. The locations were great, and gave a real New York City feel to the movie, gritty. Sometimes when movies go for a gritty feel, they also come across as amateurish, but this movie felt polished.

Also thought the performance from Lenny Thomas was excellent. He comes across as an actor that you will be seeing more from down the road.

Overall highly recommend checking out Beggarman. Definitely worth a watch and hopefully there will be more places where people can see the film.

This film takes on a lot; it's dramatic, somewhat classic in setting, funny ... every move worked well, making Beggerman and enjoyable watch, and even thought provoking ... money does not always solve problems, it makes more of them, and the plot illustrates that through a dramatic unraveling, that leaves the viewer not only entertained, but moved.

The overall look of the film has an appropriate great, with color breaking through as needed, and some of the sets and props are notable - was that really money from the 1970s? Real rain? I had these thoughts while watching, but it did not distract from getting immersed in the world of Beggarman!

Lenny Thomas nailed this role! Got a sneak peak of the movie and it's fire. First started following Lenny in his role as Dikahn in Tyler Perry's Ruthless (Also nailed that role). Awesome dude. You're missing out if you don't watch this movie! He's also a pretty solid gamer! Great at photography and videography as well. Well rounded person, awesome personality. Met this guy IRL, not stuck up at all like most Hollywood celebrities. This dude is definitely going places, I encourage anyone who reads this review to follow his budding career! He'll be a household name before you know it! Wishing peace love and success to this guy!

Beggarman had my full attention throughout the entire movie. Great story, great acting and great scenery. Definitely worth watching. Love that it's real and what I mean by that (without giving any spoilers) is that we see the things that go on in the movie in every day real life. It makes you feel all sorts of emotions. I had the opportunity of watching Beggarman at a film festival without really knowing to much about the plot and I so glad I didn't because it had me locked in from beginning to the end. Oh man! Definitely a must watch. I promise you won't be disappointed. Great job on the directing too.

I didn't know what to expect when I saw the screening at the Garden State Film Festival, but was captivated by the story, cinematography, acting, and production quality. The grit and development of the main character really came through and captured the imagination the entire film. I was emotionally captured as one could imagine the difficulty of a veteran dealing with the realities of finding a money filled time capsule and the impact of the real world. Trying to convince people to help you while also dealing with the very real scenario that these same people would harm you for their own benefit given the opportunity, while implausible, resonated and made for a great plot line. Needing to use the cash in the luggage to help improve one's life after so much trauma was heart wrenching and the outcome kept me gripped to my seat. If the goal of cinema is to explore the characters to drive an emotional outcome and lose oneself in the art, this movie overachieved. Great work by all involved and looking forward to more from this team.