South of Hope Street

A must seen for filmlovers. It's been a while that I haven't seen such a profound and deep movie with an european arthouse-touch which was the perfect way to present the different messages in an abstract way with using appropriate metaphors. I felt like back in time and enjoyed to see how the ensemble - in a playful Felliniesk style - carried me through this journey. Beside the solid performances of the veterans some new interesting and charismatic faces where refreshing. Great visuals and a good sounddesign make the movie accessible also for an audience which just want to be entertained. All in all a very good movie with a brise of dark humor and cool music like Thunderclab's Newman "something in the air" or Donovan's evergreen. I strongly recommend to watch this unique masterpiece.

This film is about much more than your usual sci fi film, it's a symbolic piece about the world and our existence in it, basically: the mystery of our existence. Which, as represented by this film, the mystery of existence is so confounding, that many will go to great lengths to keep people from thinking about it, or to use the denial aspects of this as a way to control the populace. A fascinating premise and one must accept that it is a sympbolic, though interesting with interesting characters, piece of filmmaking -- which also has some dark, absurdist comedy. A very interesting film and worth watching.

Don't let the 10/10 reviews fool you. Those reviews are BS and written to boost the overall rating. This is at most a 3/10 movie.

Although the cast seems impressive for an indie movie, with a few former A-list actors, everything else about this movie is barely a college level movie project. The rest of the cast fails to deliver any kind of credible performance.

While the top actors are good, they can't counterbalance and help the very amateurish direction and production.

The scenario isn't bad but it's delivery is boring and tedious to watch. It's difficult to keep focused for the duration of the movie.

Do yourself a favor and skip this one.

South of Hope Street is a riveting film written, directed and produced by Jane Spencer.

I was immediately drawn into the other-worldly action of a chaotic, absurd, soulless universe. The foreboding tone was balanced by the film's artistry; particularly, in the character of Tom and through the mysterious, captivating two moons of the enlightened universe.

Spencer's direction evokes tones of Fellini and brushes of brilliant auteurs. The panoramic scenes were spirit-lifting. Her concise dialogue flows from the vernacular to the poetic, seamlessly. Excellent music choices and impressive special effects successfully merge all the elements of an ambitious vision.

William Baldwin, Judd Nelson and Michael Madsen are part of the talented cast led by Tanna Frederick. Her performance as a jobless, homeless Denise navigating a dystopian world, in search of normalcy, reminded me of Homer's Odysseus. As she looks to the sky and sees two moons, she questions everyone she knows and meets, desperate for answers. Baldwin delivers as Lt. Winthrop, a diabolical head of the man-made universe's military. Judd Nelson counters with a heartfelt portrayal of Tom, a janitor-poet.

Aside from enjoying some of the Star Wars movies, I am not a fan of the sci-fi genre. South of Hope Street didn't feel like science fiction to me. It felt like a cautionary tale. The timeliness of its message both frightening and hopeful.

I wish everyone would see this beautiful, poignant film.

I personally liked the movie but I can not recommend it due to its major flaws. This movie tried to be a Kafka dialog + Tarovsky type of universe + Equilibrium Movie plot all in one go. On paper it is clever but in practice it does not hold up to what it wants to deliver.

The movie is also too long. By minute 50 you already understand the principle but it keeps dragging on for another 50 minutes reiterating what the first part of the movie already defined.

The part that hurt this movie the most is the poor camera handling and sound design. They simply jumped too fast and didn't allow the other sensory stimulants of the viewer to take in the information at its maximum value.

The plot of the movie infers what is fundamentally wrong with society as a whole and it is presented through the lens of people that can't lie. The acting was decent in that remark and they even had a few big named actors in there, but I feel that they were not used for their full acting potential either.

This movie tried to be too ambitious and the production didn't have a good enough team and possibly time to bring it together as it should have truly been. For the casual viewer this will feel as a bad movie that is very jumbled, while for the intended audience this movie will feel mediocre due to it's shortcomings.