Perdu avec toi

That's it in a nutshell. Obviously a low production movie, the script didn't lend itself too much of a mystery to solve at the end. The acting however was very strong by both of the main characters. The story drags, but in a strange way you do want to see the end and what happens to this couple. Production a 4 Script 5 Acting 9

Thus my 6 star rating

(2012) I'm Yours DRAMA

Independent road trip movie written and directed by Leonard Farlinger, with Robert (Rossif Sutherland) bilking the company he worked for, for a substantial amount of money, and it also appears he works for Wall Street too. While he's in hanging around drowning his sorrows on some bar jabbering about his ex in New York City, he then makes out with a female stranger, naming herself Daphne (Karine Vanasse). While he's still wasted, she then takes the liberty to drive him to a small town across the border in Ontario, Canada called Thunder Bay, for the intention of having him to convince her parents that she is perhaps married to him. And because Daphne has already send Robert's bagful of money away he bilked from the company to be sent to Thunder Bay too, he has no choice but to agree to her terms. Another long road trip movie that really doesn't amount to anything, except to make amends for a dysfunctional relationship about why Daphne doesn't get along with her parents. The long subtle scenes is what kept this film from being a thumbs down, since in most movies a demented serial killer would have to be thrown in there, and is not the case for this movie.

"I'm Yours" starts in Manhattan. Rich, indulged, whiny profligates are complaining about their job on Wall Street. Robert (Rossif Sutherland) gets to hook up with the hottest woman at the bar, because apparently he deserves to. Daphne (Karine Vanasse) is the hottest girl at the bar, and she's mysterious. And that is the entire introduction to the characters.

The lighting is very poor, but it doesn't get much better because we just go from the bar to a cheap motel room. From there, it still doesn't get much better because we hit the road for Northern Ontario. A barren, lonely depressed land in the dying days of winter. Their car broke down on the highway between Ottawa and Pembroke and considering the number of times I've driven that highway, I thought I should have recognized it. I didn't because it's shot in North Bay not on the way to North Bay.

The story isn't much better itself. Robert has a bag full of money, and we don't care why. Daphne kidnaps him in his car, and we don't care why. Vanasse is extremely attractive while Sutherland isn't anything at all. And that pretty much sums up why we don't care.

The movie does actually have all the elements that I'm supposed to like. Characters that are slowly revealed throughout the movie and a final destination that we physically know but not figuratively. My biggest problem was the character of Robert and his dialogue. He doesn't come across as smart at all. He does work for Wall Street but that usually implies privileged, not smart. His dialogue is a combination of Shakespeare and a physics textbook trying to wax poetically on the universe. And all it does is prove that the writing is the opposite of intelligent.

The poor production levels, the poor characterizations and the poor dialogue take us on a road trip that goes nowhere quickly. "I'm Yours" is frequently listed as a romantic comedy. I glossed over the elements that were supposed to be romantic but I must have completely missed the parts that were supposed to be comedic. Let's just call it a drama.

By the way, if you want to see an almost identical movie done right, see The Diary of Preston Plummer.