When It Rains in LA

I'm not a critic but I am a movie buff.

Pros : It has a real story. It was not 2 hours long. At the end it made me think. Cons : It could be move things faster. I would like to know more about the characters.

Among all the garbage I watched this year, this When it Rains in LA was definitely not bad. Not sure about the budget, but it was better than nosferatu, cause I don't need to watch special effects unless I am playing video games. It had a story that actually made sense enough to keep me looking back at it. If Timothy Chalamet was in it, it could be a 9/10. But I give the new young actors credit, so even though I would like to give a 6, I will make it a 7, cause maybe one of them will be in some big series soon. Who knows? I see the potential, but definitely could have been done more interesting. Overall though it had me 50% into it, I wanted to know...

Watching When It Rains in LA feels less like a cinematic experience and more like stumbling onto a college film project that somehow made it to streaming. From the first scene, it's clear: this is not a professional production. The acting is wooden at best, with line deliveries so flat and forced you'd think the cast met the script five minutes before cameras rolled. Emotional moments fall completely flat, often provoking confusion or second-hand embarrassment rather than empathy.

The cinematography doesn't help. Scenes are lit like a YouTube vlog, with shaky camera work and awkward framing that constantly pulls you out of the story-what little of it exists. There's no visual style, no cohesion, and no sense that anyone behind the camera had a plan beyond just hitting "record."

There's no movie like this one out there. 7.5/10 because of this and the general quality. I don't know if I liked how everything was done..but I do like the drama of it all. Like, if you know anything about girls... as a girl.. you will appreciate the problem this movie is suggesting . Hint : Femme fatale in the form of a European girl, yup, that's enough to keep me interested.

Girls like me enjoy watching the B**ches get their .. But, If there was some more understanding of the people's histories it would definitely be more interesting. I do not know if this was an intentional omission or not. Overall though, maybe not knowing more about everyone served the story here? So I can understand why some people may not like it, but you can't not like it either, it was well conceived and there is nothing like it out there.. so for that I give it a thumbs up.

If you don't like it, it's because you are too accustomed to digital effects.nIt's not polished, it's not aiming for beauty shots or breathtaking panoramas; instead, it's about the lived-in world of the characters, each of whom feels more like a real person than a film archetype. It's Real, because it didn't feel cinematic until the end. It felt like it was being watching as a third person. It doesn't feel like your typical polished Hollywood drama. This film is gritty, personal, and at times, uncomfortable.

It puts you in the everyday, mundane reality of life in LA when the rain doesn't fall often enough to wash away the grime, but just enough to highlight the cracks in the city's fakeness.

From the opening scenes, the film feels less like you're watching a story unfold and more like you're living it-up close like from your phone and that is actually a scene in there. It is raw, and unfiltered. The camera work is intentionally unrefined, almost voyeuristic. It's not polished, it's not aiming for beauty shots or breathtaking panoramas; instead, it's about the lived-in world of the characters, each of whom feels more like a real person than a film archetype.

The lack of cinematic glamor might throw some viewers off, but that's exactly what sets this story apart. The dialogue isn't crisp and witty; it's awkward, messy, and punctuated with silences that speak volumes. The performances aren't showy, but they're deeply affecting. You don't just watch the characters' struggles-you feel them, up close, like you're right there with them, caught in the same downpour of uncertainty and disillusionment.

This is a film about LA, but not the LA that we usually see on screen. It's the LA of the in-between moments-when the sun's down, the traffic's slow, and people are left to confront the choices they've made in life. The rain, sparse and unexpected, becomes a metaphor for all the things we ignore in the dry spells of our lives. It's not about redemption or escape; it's about survival and finding some kind of meaning in the mess.

There's a sense of quiet desperation that runs through the story, a realism that many films shy away from. It doesn't try to uplift or offer easy resolutions, and in that way, it feels more authentic than most dramas that claim to depict real life. It's a hard watch at times, but that's what makes it memorable.

In a world where so many films feel designed to entertain, "When It Rains in LA" feels designed to make you think-about the things we ignore, the lives we overlook, and the moments we miss when we're too busy looking for something bigger. It's not a movie you simply watch; it's a story you experience.

If you are interested in some forgettable characters having long conversations that go nowhere before going out to a club that looks like the most boring place in LA and then have more conversations that go nowhere in that setting, then this movie is for you. At about the hour mark, my husband turned to me and said, "what is this movie about?" The acting was so bad. It's is movies like this that give the Razzies no credibility. There is no way that any of the actors and actresses nominated for Razzies this year were worse than the actors in this movie. It never figured out what the point of this movie was.