Noon Blue Apples

I saw this at the Phoenix Film Festival and was my personal favorite (of the ones I saw). The two leads (Lauren Fox and Thomas Jay Ryan) were memorably good in this to the point where I would start to look for other movies from those two actors.

The story revolves around Eris and her study of conspiracies from silly ones to ones that are more believable.

It took me a few minutes to get into the movie because the print wasn't the best, and the director said that the movie was in the process of being put on film, so i would like to see it again. But the story was quite mesmerizing in how Eris (Lauren Fox) studies these conspiracies, gets involved with these conspiracy theorists from this bookshop, and spirals downward almost into insanity as she starts to see these conspiracies and becomes paranoid in the process.

Saw this at the Phoenix Film Festival .. it's essentially a college short gone horribly wrong and running far too long. Though the research into conspiracy theory here is admirable, the film's endless monologues do nothing more than say, "Look at all the research I did!" Nary a character has a motivation--save for the protagonist, whose only goal (aside from writing a term paper) is to listen to strange people rant and say spookily, "Are you ready for this?" Clearly the writer/director was aiming for something akin to Fincher's "The Game", but alas, unlike that film, there's no coherency to all the pontification and creepy side-glances in this mess, no method to support the madness. The truth is out there, but it ain't here.

Noon Blue Apples is a slow burn. It starts off a bit boring but gets more insane as you go on, such is the way with conspiracies and their respective theorists. You'd get a lot of references to popular conspiracies, whether you're told about them or just happen to see imagery relating to one.

While not the best character deconstruction tale ever, it at least deserved a wider release. If you have the patience for slow burns, this movie is at least worth a watch.

The movie is quite nicely done. Showing off how people can be drawn to believe stuff that ... well if you actually thought about them, you should realize make no sense. In the current time even more relevant, though it lacks that final punch, that final sting to actually engage you even more.

It is not the main actress who is at fault for this. Maybe it is a bit of what is going on right now, the missing of something that grips one possibly is rather something that should have been adressed in the script. Which overall is fine, with building quite the tension. So decent effort and interesting ideas - maybe worth a look for some

I just saw this at the Idaho International Film Festival. I loved the movie. I had no idea what to expect going into it, but came out very pleased. It did not take long to capture my interest in the characters and the story. The ideas in the film are thought provoking. The well placed humor adds a great deal to the film as well. A job well done!