Bare

Came across this one by chance and decided to give it a try. This is a nicely made coming of age story that takes place in a small dead- end town in Nevada. We have seen stories like that many times before but this one still stood out for me for its feel.

The pace is just right so the film never gets dull despite the fact that it's a slowburner. The camera work is absolutely wonderful and definitely elevates certain scenes. Another thing worth mentioning is the soundtrack. If you love indie/alternative type of music (Chromatics, Part Time) you will be very pleased. The songs perfectly match the scenes. The one that especially stands out in my opinion is the desert scene with the snake, everything comes together nicely there making it almost hypnotic.

The acting is solid. Dianna Agron (The Family, I Am Number Four) and Paz de la Huerta (Enter the Void, A Walk to Remember, Boardwalk Empire) work well together and it's nice to see Dianna Agron doing something different and daring from her previous roles. The stand- out performance would have to be Chris Zylka though (Kaboom, The Leftovers), an obvious scene stealer in this one.

If you are a fan of indie films then I would recommend Bare. Just let yourself slowly be immersed in it and it will take you away a little for those 90 minutes.

This movie is amazing! It is a unique story told beautifully with a very talented cast.. Diana Agron and Paz De la Huerta are amazing in it! I already can't to see it again. It's beautifully shot and well put together. Always glad to see female directors shine! Impatiently waiting for it to be released in theaters...

Plot synopsis: Sarah Barton, played by the lovely Diana Agron, is a young girl from a Nevada desert town. After she is fired from her job, she meets Pepper, played by the amazing Paz De la Huerta, a female drifter. Pepper brings Sarah into her dangerous world of drugs and strip clubs led down a dangerous path of illicit drugs and seedy strip clubs. When they become romantically involved, Sarah begins to question the old boring girl she once was.

I caught this on NetFlix last night. I thought it was good, a good movie that tells the story very well and with excellent acting. I had never seen any of the actors before and was pleasantly surprised. This is a character drama without much action besides the interpersonal drama which I enjoy but maybe isn't for everyone.

The story will resonate with anyone who grew up in a small town and was bored and frustrated by that limited existence. Sarah Barton works at the grocery store, is bored with her job and her life, and looks around at all of the people still in the town and can't imagine growing up and living here her whole life. Her mother and boyfriend are in town but they don't do much to help her tolerate it. She wants something to happen in her life but doesn't know how to go about it.

In drifts Pepper, a classic charismatic drifter with a dark side, who befriends Sarah and leads her into a sordid world of striptease, sex and drugs.

I thought the interplay between the two leads was excellent and they clearly had chemistry and played their parts so well it didn't seem like acting at all. A scene near the end (no spoilers) where they both know they're lying to each other but are both pretending that they're not was played extremely well.

The scenes, supporting actors, and even costumes were so perfect for rural small town America that it was possible to believe every detail of the story.

The ending, while not completely "uncompromising" was satisfying and I thought both hopeful and realistic.

Overall a good movie.

I cannot believe PDLH is allowed in movies, she looks like hell, and gives the most cliched bogus performance ever. Hideous. It is sad to see an addict just be herself, awful-looking. You've seen this movie 100 times, don't bother. It makes no sense that a blond babe would even give the tramp a second glance.

This is the worst movie I've ever been forced to sit through. Not sure how this even got made, luckily the general public will be spared as it won't ever be in a real movie theater.

Diana Agron and Paz De la Huerta are good actors but not in this film. It is pretty to look at, yet has absolutely no real direction or vision. There is no story, just fragments and half ideas thrown together. And despite being made by a woman director, it is full of the male gaze and old stereotypes. It's also extremely white and lacks diversity.

Plot synopsis: Poor young white woman in a small town who thinks her only way to escape is to become a stripper.

This is a very narrow-minded and contrived film with a formula we've seen a million times in bad 80s films. It's like the director just replaced the stereotypical bad-ass guy in a leather jacket with Paz De la Huerta.