Le golem de Montréal

A young boy creates a Golem, a sort of artificial being based on old Jewish legends. The Golem hangs with him and his friends and obeys their every orders. From there, the movie gets illogical and struggles to find a precise message while trying to convey about fifteen messages. At the end, the message becomes obvious, but it is pasted on and has very little to do with the previous seventy minutes. Seems like the work of a first time director trying to put too much stuff into too short a running time with very little budget: the awful digital cinematography doesn't help. This movie, obviously aimed at young kids, is trying very hard to be an allegory about an absent parent, amongst all the other things. Problems is, it's badly written, lacks focus and would probably go over the head of it's intended public. The acting... Alexis Martin, who plays the father of one of the kids, is usually a decent actor but he plays over the top, thinking that G rated movies deserve that kind of silliness. The Jewish angle is ridiculous and insulting: if you make a movie about a Golem, even if it's aimed at youngsters doesn't mean you can screw around with the "legend". One great subject, one missed opportunity. Having a small budget is no excuse for bad storytelling: Skip this movie.