Linhas Opostas

The life got sucked out of this movie by the downtrodden writing. There was just not much excitement in the movie in any way. It's supposed to be inspiring but my god, you just want to rescue this kid from his life. Awful parents, awful friends, in an awful environment that beats you over the head with bullies and despair. I watched 38 minutes in and had to give up. Just nothing to hope for here, except that prospective viewers read this and skip it. Started this on a whim and couldn't wait to turn it off.

This movie was good, just not my cup of tea. If you are into sport movies or swimming then this will be a treat. I am thankful got subtitles or this movie would have been so hard to understand. Really, this is a movie about a kid who is really confused and selfish. Trying to figure life out, while trying to deal with all the adult drama in his life. I recommend if there is nothing better on to see.

There is a true grit of honesty in Aussie film and it's portral of people and language. This movie has it. A very confident film debut for Tyson Wade Johnston writing and directing. It's true blessing is the rising super star of Levi Miller. Amazing child actor who is growing into an talented actor (see Better Watch Out and American Exit for starters) and will be a superstar.

What posesses many modern directors to so underlight films it is often impossible to see what is happening on screen! Even in daylight scenes the picture is dark and gloomy. Poor Levi starring as evil in his last film (total miscasting of such a face as demonish) and now a story where characters cannot be seen clearly- not the way to go!

Throughout this film, I had to keep asking myself, "Why bother?" The acting is competent. The production values are adequate for the job. But the script is sadly wanting. The adjectives that come to mind are: predictable, tedious, labored, timid, muddled. I can only hope that the writer meant to do better but felt constrained. If this film is the result of an unconstrained talent, there is much to lament.