Easy Living

Enjoyed this indie. Great character study of unique woman. Everyone can identify w their own life w lousy times. Caroline provided outstanding acting. She showed her true range. The supporting cast are stabilizing characters to the main character. Nice that it previewed at several film festivals. Nice first movie for new writer/director Adam Keleman. Looking forward to his next project.

I stumbled upon this gem of an indie by Adam Keleman and anchored by the phenomenal acting of Caroline Dhavernas. The film was incredibly well written and directed, and the acting by Caroline Dhavernas was more than impressive. I found that the struggles of the main character, Sherry, who perhaps was quite misunderstood, as she tried to find her way, were very relatable. Sherry was ambitious in her career and very caring, as was evidenced in numerous scenes, but at the same time struggled to actually find herself and figure out a way to attain the things she truly wanted out of life. I look forward to more projects from Adam Keleman, Caroline Dhavernas, the supporting cast and crew (the cinematography was remarkably impressive - particularly for what I understand was a no to low budget film) those that are already accomplished and those that are just making a name for themselves.

I stumbled upon the 2017 movie "Easy Living" by random chance here in 2024. And with it being a movie that I had never seen, much less actually heard about, of course I opted to check out the movie. I virtually had no idea what I was in for here, as I sat down to watch it. So I suppose that writer and director Adam Keleman had every opportunity to entertain and bedazzle me with this movie.

The movie is listed as a drama thriller, but I found it to be anything but thrilling. The storyline in the movie, as concocted by writer Adam Keleman, failed to catch my interest. The contents of the storyline just had no appeal to me, and I find no entertainment in watching people perform mundane daily chores and tasks on the screen.

The pacing of the narrative in the movie was so painfully slow, and I have to say that my interest in the movie was waning rapidly as the movie made next to no progress. And 35 minutes into the ordeal, I was good and ready to toss the towel in the ring and give up. I was under the impression that the movie was a mixture of drama and thriller, but there was nothing thrilling about this sluggish narrative. 10 minutes later, I gave up on this dumpster fire of a movie.

I don't think I was familiar with a single actor or actress on the cast list. And despite the fact of having a boring storyline, I will say that the acting performances in the movie were fair. But the acting performances had little chance of salvaging the movie, as the storyline was such a massive swing and a miss.

This is definitely not a movie that I will ever return to attempt finish watching, as I wasn't even remotely entertained the first time around trying to suffer through the sluggish narrative.

My rating of writer and director Adam Keleman's 2017 movie "Easy Living" lands on a very generous two out of ten stars.

A truly excellent character study, anchored by strong, believable performances and nuanced writing. Sherry's struggle with getting herself onto the ladder that she has until now ignored, and the existential despair that entails, is easy to relate to. The director (Adam Keleman) imbues the proceedings with a touch of absurdity, just enough to make it feel as if the universe is aligned against her. And a jarring final act initially seems out of place until it fits squarely into Sherry's path towards self-actualization. A tiny gem.

I enjoyed this movie despite the low IMDB rating so have to let others know that it might not be what you expected. Excellent strong performance by lead actress and the story doesn't sugar coat things. I really didn't expect it to be as good as it was, while it's not going to be everyone's cup of tea it kept my attention all the way through. It's a strong 9/10 in my books. thanks