See You Next Tuesday

I saw this film when it premiered at the Sidewalk Film Festival in Birmingham, AL and all I can say is "wow." A stunning film with very real emotion and a fantastic character study. Does a good job of being beautiful without trying to be, and is easily my favorite independent film of the year. It is graphic, rude, hilarious, sad, and honest- much like the hand we are dealt in life. The acting is superb, Eleanore Pienta providing a very true turn as a pregnant girl in a world of pressure. Her sister, played by Molly Plunk, is a loving albeit opinionated body in said world while her seething disdain for her mother (an awesome Dana Eskelson) is only countered by the warmth and acceptance of her girlfriend Sylve (top-notch Keisha Zollar). The events that follow these characters and their situations are very real and most people in this world (let alone an audience) can connect to them. Do yourself a favor and see this movie. It might just be the best thing you've seen this year.

I''m a big fan of indie movies. But they have to be entertaining and have an interesting story to tell. And there has to be at least one likable character in the movie. Well, that didn't happen here. All the people in this film are absolutely poor excuses for human beings. They're mean spirited, disgusting, treat each other like garbage, and swear constantly.

Dark Comedy? Nope. Sure it's dark, but there isn't a funny moment in the whole film. And it goes out of its way to disgust the viewer. It was bad enough to see the main character vomit repeatedly. But did we need to see a close up of her defecating? The scene leaves nothing to the imagination.

And the writing was horrible as well. Almost every other line of dialogue was a swear word. And I mean just about every cussword in the dictionary. Which is where the title of the movie comes with.

Naturally, Rotten Tomatoes gave it super high marks. Watch this one at your own risk! You've been warned!

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