Maysville

What a terrific indie film! This is a good example why so many people enjoy watching indie films. It had a wonderful story, solid acting and moved along at a good pace. Bravo to all who helped to make this gem of a film! Well done folks! A big thumb's up from me on this one!!

Immersed in a sumptuous visual feast of a bygone time gave the film a strong foundation. Kudos to the art director, set designer, locations, wardrobe. Extremely well done and an indie film no less. Shout out to the two leads, Cheyenne Barton and Kevin R James.

I lost patience with this film early on, but since the many glowing reviews with high ratings seemed to be in conflict with all the low ratings by people who didn't write reviews, I bit the bullet and watched the whole dumb thing so I could join the minority of reviewers who also were underwhelmed.

I am not even going to bother with the synopsis...but it's not nearly as interesting as it sounds.

"Maysville" is a good movie if you enjoy Hallmark or Lifetime For Women Channel movies. In other words, terrible acting, script, music, research, direction and cheap cinematography. The plot holes, the romance novel nonsense, the absolute cringiness of the bad guy. So, for a movie made for those channels, it's a good movie. But if you demand something requiring more effort, it's awful to sit through. At some point I was concerned that my eyes were going to get stuck rolled up into my head.

If you want a good, interesting, intelligent film to entertain you, this is not the one. If you want a soap opera, go for it.

The kid's acting is the best part of this movie. It started out good and all of the sudden turned to dialogue that sounded like it was written by a 12 year old. The sets are nice, the kids are good actors...and that's about all I can say about this movie. It could have been good....but it just isn't. I honestly don't even think it's the actors, they had total crap to work with. People are saying it's like a hallmark movie but that's being generous. I'm also shocked that they act like there's no depression during this time where everyone has a job and a car to just tool around. Skip this and spare yourself.

Maysville is a great indie film with magnifiscent performances and wonderful music. A rewarding emotional journey from the beginning to the end. It makes you feel so many deep emotions. Director Goyette takes the story to a very high level in style and vision.