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I hate leaving bad reviews, because I feel like you can take a little something from every movie. So I will just honestly describe this movie as "a slow movie." It's the type of movie that you would watch while lazing around at home on a Sunday afternoon, or the type of movie that you would play in the background of a get-together for white noise.

I'm sure it will win plenty of awards because it does have some substance and it requires some thought in order to receive the message conveyed. But in a nut-shell, a free-spirited man-child lives without regrets or constraints. His polar-opposite brother seeks guidance and happiness all while babysitting an adult male. I recommend giving it a chance on a sick-day from work.

An injured Adonis turns up at the doorstep of a beautiful older widow. Sounds cute, right? Well it is. This movie is meant for an older crowd (I'd say 30+), because there is not much action or activity. It's a gloomy movie, about people who are grieving over their respective tragedies. Nevertheless, it is very artistically done. There are so many beautiful views in this movie that around 88% of the scenes would make expensive paintings. I assume that the low rating has to do with how slow the movie feels to those who require acrobats and car explosions. October Gale doesn't have those visual effects because it is realistic fiction that was meant to be artsy and romantic. I highly recommend this movie to art majors and professors.

We've seen this theme many times before, particularly in Dumb & Dumber. James Franco plays a quirky airhead, and Seth Rogen plays his Jiminy Cricket who has mastered the art of delivering sarcasm. In the early parts of the movie, every millisecond was hilarious. For the first hour, I was showered with a joke per 30 seconds, and I wanted more time to laugh and recover before receiving the next joke. Towards the end it became a little more serious but the special effects were a jaw-dropping distraction from the lack of hilarity. The cinematography was beautiful with a lot of photograph worthy scenes. I would not recommend this movie for children or conservative Christians since there is a lot of cursing and sexually explicit language. This is definitely a young adult film filled with raunchy humor, like The Hangover. 10/10