Bad Lucky Goat

I picked up a copy of this DVD at my local library and it proved to be a rather pleasant surprise.

Corn Denton (Honlenny Huffington) and his sister Rita (Klara Howard) are two squabbling siblings sent out on an errand by their mother to pick up some benches for the tourist hotel their parents operate, as the season is about to begin on the Caribbean island of Port Paradise. Taking the family truck, they accidentally run over and kill a large black goat on the road.

From there, they'll be all kinds of quirky adventures and colorful characters ahead, as they try and raise the money that day to repair their parents vehicle. The film has enough humorous moments and a natural unpredictability about it that I found appealing, although not everything works here. Of course, the plush cinematography of the island certainly adds well to the mix.

All in all, this low-budget indie, by first time writer and director Samir Oliveros, worked rather well. I'll be interested to see what else Oliveros brings to the screen in the future.

I loved it. It seemed genuine. Maybe it is not, I do not know, I've never been there, but is seems so. Maybe it is just a postcard from this nice island and they have no Rasta or voodoo, who knows. Plot is very simple but interesting and fast paced and as someone mentioned without a lot of philosophy (did not miss it at all). I do not know if I would watch this movie till the end if the actors (not characters) were not so likable and island not so beautiful. Maybe I would. At the end, I was happy with the whole experience. Everything worked. I do not like when ending does not work (nobody does:)), but here it does so this is charming little flick. I gave it 9 but I could give it also 10 because I was pleasantly surprised and entertained. So 9 in stars and 10 in the review.

I was expecting Brewster's-Millions-with-a-goat, I got something like the very essence of charm: a wonderfully atmospheric story of burgeoning sibling friendship, set on a Caribbean island, about a brother and sister who accidentally wreck their parents' car by running over a goat, and hatch one scheme after another to try to get level.

Colombian director Samir Oliveros shot the film on Providence Island (an old colonial outpost owned by Colombia) using non-professional local actors, a score written by local musicians (several of whom play on screen) and the locales as another character in a way that recalls a film of escape, change and geographical flavour that I've always loved, Seducing Doctor Lewis. Bad Lucky Goat is very funny when it wants to be, though it's not packed with jokes: much of the joy lies in its genuinely offbeat sensibility and its deceptively lofty ambitions.

Oliveros, who'd made just one previous short and is now doing a master's in LA, told me (as I was bothering him in the lobby) that he shot this one "guerrilla-style" and is now learning how to be a professional filmmaker, ideally in Hollywood. I hope that training doesn't erode the instinctive brilliance of this debut, which is fast-moving but laid-back, packing an astounding amount into its 76 minutes, dealing with themes of superstition, familial loyalty and accidental goat slaughter, and featuring beautiful performances from the two young leads − both of whom are now eyeing careers on screen. Like the rest of the cast, they adapted Oliveros' English-language script into their phonetic local language, Creole, and I could listen to their slang-heavy exchanges all day.

I got lost in its world, and while the film's trip to the cockfights may be a bit of a rude shock to myself and my other libtard cucks, it ultimately did little to dispel the film's very special atmosphere.

Cockfighting? Really? Don't give me "that's the culture." That's a sh** culture. Stopped watching.

How often do you come across a movie where the plot is not of greater importance and yet it manages to make you wanna watch it. A very simple story and yet has so much to say. Kudos on casting and direction is neat. The screenplay keeps you engaged and entertains every second of the 75 minutes. A must watch to appreciate simple things in life.