The Line

The Line brings forward an incredibly important topic that for so long felt taboo to discuss. As someone who spent formative years surrounded by people who were active in Greek Life, The Line tackles the toxic masculinity that is inherently built in to this centuries old "tradition". A tradition that should be fully audited and question about its place in the lives of such a formative aged participants. The performances are excellent across the board, with Alex Wolff (a raw nerve), Lewis Pullman (slimy and likable all at once), Bo Mitchell (a paragon of fragile masculinity), Hailie Berry (wonderfully defiant) and Angus Cloud (a truly tragic character) all doing what they do best, expertly directed and beautifully shot.

I generally don't enjoy intense movies as they make me anxious this movie I have to say was an exception. The acting, direction and sound effects were absolutely brilliant. The characters are complex and their journey is well crafted. The cinematography is crisp and movie has a quick pace and stays with you days after you watch it. The film talks about important issues surrounding frat culture including racism, toxic masculinity and homophobia etc. While not being preachy or holier than thou. I would watch this movie again and definitely recommend it to anyone who enjoys movies that make you think.

This movie started on an average note & continued to be predictable until the last third, where it seemed to hop & skip forward, omitting a lot of pertinent information, leaving the watcher with the feeling of...huh?...why would they/why didn't they....?what happened to....? Why did(or didn't)....? Etc. The poor editing definitely messed w the timing, made it unbelievable because of stupid things put in to purely wrap things up & ended the movie in a way that made me feel unsatisfied. There were characters that didn't add anything in the end so it felt like those storylines just walked off a cliff and other characters never gave you a full picture of how they were affected, grew or changed in the end. It just felt incomplete, like some pages were missing between the climax and the ending.

Was lucky enough to watch the premiere of this movie at Tribeca a couple weeks ago. Gotta say I really loved this movie. The acting by the cast was phenomenal, also the casting excellent. The film was well directed and was also very well written, dialogue was genuine and was well written. I would recommend this coming of age film, was enjoyable start to finish. Def 10/10, it gave a great depiction of frat life at some institutions across the country. After watching this film it may definitely spark discussion about some of the darker traditions of fraternity life. I would be willing to recommend this movie to friends and family.

I love it when a movie is giving you a sense of dread. Nothing particularly bad is/has happened on screen as yet, but you know it's all setting up for something. And it's like a train-wreck, where you know you should look away, but you simply can't.

That's what 'The Line' was for me. I was interested in what was happening on screen the entire time, no doubt about that, but I also knew it was going to go to some dark places. It had a real 'The Basketball Diaries' feel about it.

Something I couldn't help noticing in this movie is that Angus Cloud was a really classy actor. He doesn't have a whole to do in this movie, but every time he's on screen he draws your attention and seemed like a class above the rest of the cast. His talent will be missed and we will always wonder what could've been.

I really enjoyed this movie. 9/10.