Clementine

This film is completely and thoroughly boring. The score is absurd and fills the aura of suspense, but the only reveal is that nothing happens!

I swear it's the same movie but Swimming Pool was better. A little more heat could have helped this movie a lot.

Karen (Otmara Marrero) has a bad breakup with D (Sonya Walger) who changed the locks on her and even steals her dog. Karen takes off and breaks into a country house. She is befriended by neighbor teen Lana (Sydney Sweeney). Handyman Beau (Will Brittain) shows up to check on the house.

The first half has a great quiet intensity. Karen is constantly threatened with exposure which does lead to the question why. Why doesn't she simply leave? There is an answer about halfway in the movie. It's a good answer but the movie does need to find something quick to replace the tension. It's a little slow to get there but it does eventually get somewhere. The slow pacing is a double-edged sword. It's part of the movie's charms but it's also part of its problem. Filmmaker Lara Gallagher may be a name to look for in the future.

I get tired of the reviews that say there's no entertainment or escape here in this film, or that it is boring. If you want escape, try Thailand, and if you can't get through a movie without a car chase or shoot-em-up without finding it boring, well, perhaps movies aren't your thing.

This is a well-made movie about desire, about wanting to be something really badly but not knowing if you even have it in you. The music is understated, which is a rare pleasure, and the acting is good. The characters feel real.

The main character portrays well that feeling after a breakup, when part of you feels liberated, part is angry, part wants to reconcile, and most of you is just spinning a lot, trying to figure out the next step.

When you write a movie, despite what size of ego you have, in the end your job is to craft a escape for your audience. To ay least entertain them for 90 minutes... not put them to sleep. Clementine is a perfect example of how indie cinema is failing. Decent cast, decent production value... but otherwise complete bore. At least make a boring movie with an original story. Hopefully Gallagher will learn this on her next film.