Spent

"Spent" is an over the top farce and a genuine homage to satire. The dark and ridiculous sense of humor might not be for everyone, but the filmmakers do a fine job of building their own unique world with writer Lisa Mikitarian illustrating a distinct and consistent style throughout. It's a promising first attempt on the indie level and offers plenty of chuckle worthy moments for fans of black comedy throughout.

Christ I wish I could give this turd a -10 star.

I can't even...

I'll say it like this, "The Room" has oscar quality acting when compared to this abomination. I "spent" most of this abortion cringing in its awfulness. Ewe Boll would call this thing a disgrace to the art of movie making.

Avoid watching this thing, it's sheer awfulness could give you cancer.

Imaginatively shot and edited, Spent is a comedy that ultimately warms the heart. Special kudos to the film's production design.

A dark comedy in which lead Connie Lamothe really convinces. It's funny and daring in it's use of black and white footage mixed with colour, but overall it pans out. The underlying topics of management of your finances and women being dependent on their partners' income put a serious sublayer into the comedy, which I personally really like. The cinematography, score and production design are solid, maybe a tiny bit of a shorter edit would have been great. All in all highly recommended!

So here's the thing about SPENT, either you "get it" or you don't. I'll explain. Remember those friends (or perhaps it was you) who didn'tunderstand what everyone was laughing about with SEINFELD, NAPOLEON DYNAMITE or more recently, perhaps PORTLANDIA? The acting is done in a particular way that goes for a certain type of humor, not a Meryl Streep performance of epic proportions.

People who give this one star, couldn't have seen the sam movie. I thought the cinematography alone was great and definitely a part of my scoring card when it comes to films.

Before posting my review, I wanted to check out what others had to say. There are many who "got it", like I did. I saw one reviewer mention the restaurant scene and how obvious it was that the "rat" wasn't real. I thought to myself "wait, wasn't that the gag?" becuase I actually laughed as it worked its way up the aisle. In the end, I enjoyed this film. It was different and quirky. A good combination.