North Beach

I saw this at the San Francisco Film Festival a while back. A great story about the lifestyle of North Beach with a humorous story. The story takes place the morning after the protagonist cheats on his girlfriend. The protagonist, after doing his daily rounds of visiting local cafes, etc. quickly realizes that there is no such thing as a secret in North Beach.

This was a really great fun movie. The acting and directing were superb. I especially loved Richard Speight Jr. as Pete. That man's got talent! Wonderful facial expressions and body movement! On a whole I highly recommend this movie.

What a great find! If you never get a chance to visit San Francisco, make sure you see this movie. It perfectly captures the essence of single life in one of the most beautiful cities in the world. Here's your chance to meet a group of people who you wouldn't want to be, but you'd love to spend the day with.

From dawn to dawn, follow the life of Tyler Morgan as he tries to salvage the one relationship that makes sense in his life. So pour yourself a cocktail and be prepared to enter the sounds and psyches of these urban hipsters. This truly is a great movie to add to your collection.

Once you see this film, and you should, You'll wonder how anyone could live like that, not only for a 24 hour period, try 5 years. Thats how long I live in North Beach with Pete, Rob, Joe and many more. It's a fun ride that ends with the question of, Do I have to grow up? The dialog is taken from conversations we all had at the, now gone, Northend Caffe. The smoking, coffee and drink were not exaggerated. Rent it, live it, cause I did, and this movie brings sentimental tears to my eyes. The actual haunts we lived in, bars, cafés, clubs and restaurants are all represented here. They acting was spot on, and Jed did a heck of a job capturing the true feel of our neighborhood, relationships and lifestyles. I remember at the SF Film Festival, A viewer asked Jed and Richard, if they over did it on the drinking and smoking, which they replied no, we hung out with the actual people and this is no stretch or reality, we can't wait to get back home for a break.

I saw this at the Cinequest Film Festival a few years ago and have been waiting for it to come out on DVD. I would highly recommend it to anyone who is either young or young at heart. It's a little rough around the edges, with a lot of language, but if you can handle that it's a great little movie. All of the actors came through with great performances of the whacky North Beach characters. The DVD is great too, serving up a variety of entertaining extras, like a hilarious director's commentary that's just as funny and irreverent as the film, a fantastic trailer, and the not-to-be missed "North Beach, the condensed version". A great home video find for any collection!