The Middle of X

The Middle OF X shines a light on an overlooked group of people - upper class white people - and the genuine ups and downs that they encounter. In this day and age that might be very unpopular but kudos to the filmmakers for having the guts to make this movie.

The cast is in their mid to late 20's maybe early thirties. The plot is slow and boring. As a 40yo gen x'er I can say the youngest of us are 39/40. This movie is poorly written and poorly cast. This would be better delivered as a millennial movie since the cast fits that time period and the plot seems aimless like their generation. Don't waste your time.

My title sums up my review. Its quiet, like a stage play. The actors give their performances in long, un edited scenes that might be boring for most over stimulated viewers but there was something refreshing about it for me.

I stumbled onto The Middle Of X because I love Colin Egglesfield and I am glad that I did.

Colins character "Mack" didn't move the needle for me during the movie. However when the movie ended (a very surprising moment) I realized that his character being the least interesting was probably intentional.

Theres a ton of dialogue in the movie, most of it was very real and intersting, the balance was a bit too obvious.

There are a lot of relatively unknown actors in this movie that I now want to see more of what they can do. Ronnie Gene Blevins and Josh Cooke in particular.

I'd like to see more from the writer/director Peter Skillman Odiorne also.

Bottom line is this movie was a breath of fresh air with a sincere message in a small indie wrapper.

This is a very good under the radar film. Good message. Good laughs too.