Trash

Wow. What a moving movie.

You have to feel for these guys. Growing up poor is never easy, but growing up poor and unsupervised and unloved (as Sonny was) is recipe for disaster.

I would say this is a definite "must see" but only if you are in the mood for some serious drama.

Maybe this sort of melodrama might work with audiences that think "Dawson's Creek" is profound drama, but for most people it will go by as just another parade of teenage angst on a big screen instead of on the tube. Everyone feels too much, everyone suffers for their sins, everyone cries, and everyone drinks, but no one is the least bit sympathetic. When the two lead boys commit an act of violence on a senior citizen, any hope of the audience giving a damn about either of them ends right there, and nothing is ever mentioned again about the victim's fate! Nothing deserves to be said about the use of a handicapped child as a dramatic prop who exists only to be the target of another contrived dramatic incident you can see coming from the first time he shows up. The only minor saving race comes in the form of Jamie Pressly from "Poison Ivy III" and Playboy magazine note. But she is there playing a character so goody-good that she might as well not be there. Her natural wickedness and mischievous personality on display to great effect in other films goes untapped. In short, too highbrow to be trashy fun, too melodramatic to be serious drama, too contrived to be credible, and not nearly enough Jamie Pressly to be worth renting at a video store.

I saw TRASH at the Nashville Independent Film Festival and found it to be a solid notch stronger than any other competing feature at the event. Mark Annthony Galluzzo's extraordinary eye and terrific scene structure stretch the boundaries of low-budget filmmaking. Main character Anthony's harrowing conflict is reminiscent of Scorsese's Mean Streets set in the southern swamps. Jeremy Sisto's vivid performance as antihero Sonny, the tragically hardheaded rebel, set against Eric Michael Cole's meditatively trapped Anthony, makes for one outstanding scene after another. Trash is unpredictable and arresting. It's a triumph of independent filmmaking and i geniunely hope to see it get a theatrical release.

I found this movie alarming it was emotional and raw and everyone can relate to some part of this movie all the acting was real the direction was very true and the way it was shot was very spiritual I believe strongly in the whole performance

and commend the creative one!!!

I saw the original Director's cut of this movie when it was named Nobody's Children. Last evening I had the chance to see the Ocala screening (it was filmed in Ocala, FL) and I was very amazed at the final product. Mark Anthony Galluza has outdone himself in his directorial debut. The storyline seemed to be very well told from each characters point of view. The main characters Sonny and Anthony were raised in a poverty stricken part of town with not much to offer for their future. Early on in the movie Anthony discovers he has a writing talent while Sonny turns to a life of destruction. The movie flowed very well with an excellent soundtrack to go with it. I would highly recommend this movie to anyone that has a chance to see it.