Everything and Everyone

Just walked out (2/3 of the way through) of a screening at the Seattle International Film Festival. So discount my review, if you must, but I couldn't sit through it all.

Seriously painful dialogue and some of the most amateurish, non-nuanced acting I've seen on film a very long time.

Sure the premise is somewhat hackneyed (death/dying, family, father-son disconnect, etc.), but there is certainly a way to craft it so that it doesn't illicit as many walkouts as this screening received. There were at least a dozen in a half full, small house, before we gave up and left.

Some of my favorite films ever are Canadian (The Hanging Garden is one), so I was eager to see a new Canadian voice.

I'm still eager to see a new Canadian voice. Not this one.