Don't Say It

Really cute and fun indie romcom. The performances and characters were very sincere, and the writing was pretty top notch. It lacks a certain professionalism that most films with a budget have, but that adds to this very genuine vibe the movie gives off. You can tell this came from a very real place from the filmmakers and that there was truly a lot of love put into this story.

I also greatly appreciated how the topics of mental health issues were breached. It does border a bit on cartoonish at points, but it is rather difficult to showcase the idea they were going for so I commend the attempt.

Wonderful, heart-warming Indie comedy-romance. Rich Grosso, who wrote and stars in this film, delivers an exceptional performance as Pat, a restaurateur and divorcee, who is at a crossroads in his life, having not fulfilled his dreams, when he meets Lara, a waitress, who is also divorced and wondering how she got so off course in fulfilling her dreams.

As Pat navigates his struggles to heal his relationship with his daughter, and to find his way to make his dreams of opening a supper club a reality, he and Lara explore a friendship. Standout acting from Rich as Pat, Victoria Kelleher as Lara, Tony Denison as Rich's therapist Dr. Bernardi, Viva Vinson as CJ, jazz singer and friend to Lara, Joe Pacheco as Pat's brother Paul, and all the actors.

While light-hearted and very funny, this film explores deep issues of trust, facing one's fears, and healing old wounds in relationships. I was moved to tears more than once. Great cover song, performed by the marvelous Jazz singer Viva Vinson (whose real life mother, actress Delores Deluce, delivers hilarious lines as a cafe patron!) Great date movie, or relaxing, rainy day movie. Highly recommend it!

Watching this movie makes you feel a connection for both the main characters. Their problems are struggles relate to one another which makes the movie really sweet to watch.

One thing I really liked about this movie was that the script was really well written. In some movies, everything seems forced (even though it's kind supposed to be), but this movie seems smooth and doesn't seemed force at all. The main characters meet in a good and smooth fashion that doesn't seem forced at all.

Also, I am a big comedy person, so when this movie made me laugh, I already knew it was a good movie. 100% enjoyable watch and would recommend to anyone interested in this genre!

I loved the guys poker game table banter and back and forth from this indie romcom film from Rich Grosso and Stephen Ward. And despite the modern cliche, there's nothing wrong with meeting in a bar either! The cast characters were pretty relatable to real life struggling folks with their own emotional baggage and well played by the main actors portrayed in the film. Scenes, sets and locations were suitably lifelike and avoided that obvious indie film empty look that many productions suffer from. Overall this is a very decent and well made film for an evening with popcorn romcom-night-in flick to enjoy.

The preview looked adorable so I thought I would give it a shot and I was blown away. I don't usually see too many indie films, but that's all changed because this one made me realize just how much talent is out there. This was such a good movie and I highly recommend it to anyone who just wants to sit down with a bowl of popcorn and have a really enjoyable night. The acting was superb. The two stars of the movie were absolutely relatable and actually seemed like people I know. I could feel their pain and their joy throughout. I'm going to watch it again because I know I missed stuff due to laughing. Do yourself a favor rent this movie!