Real

I get it now, the main guy sees himself and his mom in his new love interest and her son.

But the film was slow. Then that guitar-heavy music behind the meandering scenes. Help me please not slip gently into a coma.

The casting was dry. The man guy is the writer and he should have casted a younger man to play the role. He did not fit the role because he's too old to feel sympathy for.

The mom of the main grown man is born in 1975... Foolishness and made it hard to suspend belief to get into this lemon.

The accents made me struggle to believe the story. Why was the mom so broke? Not even a Cocopop in the cupboard? Good Lord.

How's the boy's mom saying "I don't have money to go to the beach"? The beach is free.

Every character was an shallow trope;

The mean, angry, nagging, church-going mom with no context - looks at everyone with a scowl and a side eye with a fresh off the mannequin head wig. No nuance.

"I'll see your mom again church". The line added nothing to this film nor was good exposition.

The two friends who wouldn't be friends in real life.

The bad guys looking like middle aged salary men.

Why was the main character being stoosh and mean when she's the one who's desperate? Hated it.

How was this a love tale when the main actress only went to the guy to use him cos she's broke? But I guess this is how most heteronormative women "love" - based on the person they're preying ons ability to provide.

It was painfully corny. I couldn't handle it.

They have this affectation, where they're not allowed to put the camera on a tripod. Something happens over there, the camera whizzes toward it. Over here, whizzes again. Sometimes it whizzes to and fro for no obvious reason whatsoever. I don't know why they do it. I can't watch it. (My star rating means nothing as it's probably very good but I wasn't able to watch it)

They have this affectation, where they're not allowed to put the camera on a tripod. Something happens over there, the camera whizzes toward it. Over here, whizzes again. Sometimes it whizzes to and fro for no obvious reason whatsoever. I don't know why they do it. I can't watch it. (My star rating means nothing as it's probably very good but I wasn't able to watch it)

Absolutely awesome film. So well produced, directed, written an acted. So genuine and raw. This was actually filmed near to where I live. The storyline was so poignant and touching and you could genuinely feel the emotions and passion. More films like this are needed. It speaks very well of the true of the real trials and tribulations of what people go through and the struggles in an ever growing tough world. I wasn't aware of this film until tonight when I watched it and I'm so glad I did. Life can be so painful and hard to endure in this current climate, which continues to get harder each day! I highly recommend this film to anyone!

After watching this back-to-back with "Rocks" (2019, Sara Gavron): this is cinema at its best, honest, confrontational, pushing boundaries and telling a true and realistic tale. Real.

Relevant and refreshing. A brilliant directorial debut.