Bayou Caviar - Il prezzo da pagare

This movie has two Oscar winners but it's really sad to see what bad writing and direction does with talented individuals. The plot is awful and the direction is down right amateur. That said, there were a few interesting things they did for this type of genre. Also the young love interest stole the screen when she was on it which was some nice eye candy.

It's definitely not the worst movie out there but it just drags on and on with almost no purpose. It's like the scenes have just been pasted one after another without any real continuity and the characters are not developped enough for us to relate with any of them. Subsequently, we don't care what will happen to them at all. The plot is also a bit convoluted and the whole thing jut feels amateurish

Plot solid, but movie would be a half hour if you skip over unhelpful or irrelevant scenes.

The characters make so many stupid mistakes I had to wonder if they weren't going for a Coen Brothers dark humor effect. It doesn't seem like it for most of the movie but the stupid mistakes made by the characters are just too stupid to be taken seriously. I suppose you could say it strikes a blow for exploited women but not in a very meaningful way. Watch it just to see if you like it, but don't spend much money to do so, I think you'll feel robbed.

For a directorial debut, Bayou Caviar is a thoughtful, if sometimes unevenly paced film. Cuba Gooding Jr., who wrote and directed, is always watchable, as are Richard Dreyfuss and Famke Janssen.