Two Cents from a Pariah

This film had a slice-of-life ambiance. The characters were refreshingly ordinary-looking and their backstories all too believable. Having seen what drugs and alcohol can do to families and children, l found the relationship fallout here highly relatable. The deep questions get asked and the true priorities of life shine through. This unexpected tour-de-force is a complex movie that is uplifting as well as thought-provoking. It is naturalistic in the extreme with a dose of the sacred withinin the profane. It's like the "ashcan" school of artists who painted hardscrabble reality without apology. We need more of this kind of film-making, where the message is more important than the massage. By massage, l mean the dazzling special effects and nonstop action of average Hollywood fare. Two Cents from a Pariah is the definition of a slow burn and l couldn't tear myself away for a second.

Very slow moving story line a bit dicey and of little substance. Please move on.

Don't waste your time with this nonsense. Terrible acting and the ending is pointless.

First of all, it was boring.

Second of all, it was about nothing really, totally pointless.

And the ending???!!!

Waste of my time.

I enjoyed this film. I thought the directing was great and the script trusted the audience to figure things out without having to be fed too much exposition or back-story. Jeffrey Grover was good but Courtney Palm steals the show. She does a great job of balancing the pain and anger see feels towards her estranged father, and the longing to having him in her life.

I found the film anxiety inducing at times and, overall, very depressing. I love movies like this. Can't wait to watch it again.