The Bystander Theory

Not sure what is with all the bad reviews, I thought it was really good. I think everyone is judging it as a big Hollywood production when it is obviously a small, independent film. I thought the acting was very good. I got a BBC Mystery vibe from it, but that may be just because that's where I usually watch this kind of thing. I also thought it had really killer dialog. Nothing extraneous that didn't progress the plot.

While the premise of the movie piqued my interest, the movie itself was poorly written, poorly acted, and the cinematography was on a middle school level. This had the feel of an end-of-term project for a film school class. The plot was slow-moving and although the trailer leads you to believe it's all about the JFK assassination, that figures into the storyline in a very small way. The dialogue was subpar and I never once felt like I was "in the story" with the characters. I watched it to the end with one of those "surely it's going to get better any second" attitudes. It did not.

This is a fair to good Texas film produced, directed and acted by mostly local talent. The plot is interesting enough to keep me engaged through to the end with some effective twists. The acting is good, and overcomes the rather stiff staging in some scenes. All in all I enjoyed it.

Every Hollywood cliche piled on a thin premise. Don't bother watching it even for free

Really good plot & actors. Kept our attention on this who-did-what-to-whom mystery. It was full of interesting twists & turns of suspects & clues.