Trash

This movie was a drama that told a true story of poor teenagers. I think it was wonderful and truthful. Everyone should see this movie to get to understand the life of the less fortunate. It contained my high school which was very exciting to watch. I loved the struggle of Anthony and how he decided not to choose to follow Sonny. I was a great movie and I would encourage everyone to see it.

Maybe this sort of melodrama might work with audiences that think "Dawson's Creek" is profound drama, but for most people it will go by as just another parade of teenage angst on a big screen instead of on the tube. Everyone feels too much, everyone suffers for their sins, everyone cries, and everyone drinks, but no one is the least bit sympathetic. When the two lead boys commit an act of violence on a senior citizen, any hope of the audience giving a damn about either of them ends right there, and nothing is ever mentioned again about the victim's fate! Nothing deserves to be said about the use of a handicapped child as a dramatic prop who exists only to be the target of another contrived dramatic incident you can see coming from the first time he shows up. The only minor saving race comes in the form of Jamie Pressly from "Poison Ivy III" and Playboy magazine note. But she is there playing a character so goody-good that she might as well not be there. Her natural wickedness and mischievous personality on display to great effect in other films goes untapped. In short, too highbrow to be trashy fun, too melodramatic to be serious drama, too contrived to be credible, and not nearly enough Jamie Pressly to be worth renting at a video store.

after reading the two previous reviews of trash, I feel almost afraid to say that I thought the film rocked, but it did, fear aside. Jeremy Sisto showed that he's got some decent acting chops, and to the person who thought Jaime Pressly should have either been a bitch, or showed some skin, all i have to say is ever hear of range? the stand-out though is the actor who played her younger brother bobby. Sure we pretty much know whats gonna happen, but the plays the thing. It isn't where you go but how ya get there. This film is better than most independent films, and it's shot well. I don't know if it's gotten a U.S. distributor yet, so check for it in local film fests, like where I screened it. solid.

Trash reminded me of how I felt when I first saw "Stand by Me". For a first movie by this young man I was very impressed. The music was excellent. The locations and shots were excellent as well. It really gave you the feeling of what it must be like being poor "white trash" and wanting more out of your life than what is staring you in the face day after day. It is a sad comment on our society that people have been killed by "kids with rifles bigger than they are." I feel this issue was addressed admirably and shows the after effects on the friends of the victim. I missed the name of the actor that played Garrett. He was cute and I would like to see more of him. It was a gripping plot and a well executed movie. My best wishes to Mark G. and his future movies.

I saw TRASH at the Nashville Independent Film Festival and found it to be a solid notch stronger than any other competing feature at the event. Mark Annthony Galluzzo's extraordinary eye and terrific scene structure stretch the boundaries of low-budget filmmaking. Main character Anthony's harrowing conflict is reminiscent of Scorsese's Mean Streets set in the southern swamps. Jeremy Sisto's vivid performance as antihero Sonny, the tragically hardheaded rebel, set against Eric Michael Cole's meditatively trapped Anthony, makes for one outstanding scene after another. Trash is unpredictable and arresting. It's a triumph of independent filmmaking and i geniunely hope to see it get a theatrical release.