The Gospel of Lou

I haven't watched the movie yet, but can't wait to see it! It seems very interesting and inspirational. It was one of the most interesting trailers I've ever seen: the questions it posed really stopped me and made me think, the unique approach to the sport of boxing as a metaphor for the "battle within"... thank god somebody is hitting another angle with the boxing thing. This film looks so fresh and smart. And the actor is really hot. I especially enjoyed the short clip with the actor from the Rocky movies, really clever. I thought that the topic selected-overcoming adversities and childhood traumas-is timeless, and god knows a lot of people need it. Bring it on.

On rare occasions a film comes along that has the power to expand the mind, warm the heart and touch the very soul. "LOU" is such a film. I got "LOU" from my wife who got it from a neighbor who is in the film business. She watched it for a second time with me. We were both enthralled. Her as if for the first time again.

"LOU" is a magical piece designed to send you back to the moment at which all of your dramas started taking place. It does this while being relentlessly entertaining. Bret Carr's acting and pacing as a director do not let you look away from the screen. He crafts a character which disarms with a bugs bunny like, stuttering innocence, but warmly carried with such underplayed sincerity that you forget you're watching a movie. When the epiphany hits during the brilliant climax, I saw my wife in tears for the second time.

As a life coach, I facilitate individual growth and transformation, and this film is a "must see" for life coaches and anyone seeking their own personal growth and transformation. It is a brilliant, creative masterpiece with the power to change lives!

This is the most pretentious piece of crap from a (supposed) director I have ever seen. Every review that is positive not only is over the top with ranting and raving of this piece of crap film, but every user that made the review signed up just to write their one review. They never used their account for anything else ever again. While all the negative (real actual) reviews are from users that have posted hundreds of times and are actually active. Don't believe me? Go check it out for yourself. Suspicious?? Also, every positive review has at most 1-2 out of 10-12 of the "people found this review useful", while the negative reviews are all 10 out of 11. This director/actor is a complete narcissistic jackass. I guarantee the only reason it is rated higher than a 1 is because this douche signed up for a dozen accounts and rated it a 10. Notice how it only took 10 accounts to get it above a 1? That's because only about 50 people even took the time to vote on this piece of trash. Also, the positive reviews are riddled with spelling and grammatical errors which furthers the evidence of this moron's retardation. I hope his mother's dog and servants get to keep all of his money so he can't make anymore of this horrendous films. I wish it were possible materialize the concept of this film and spit on it. He actually thinks this is good, one of his self-reviews says it's a "thinking mans film", you have got to be kidding me. This man is such a freaking moron, I'd be surprised if he doesn't need help tying his own shoes.

But, than again, "Lou" is in the title. Do yourself a favor and avoid is this horrible waste of time. I believe it would be classified as "cruel and unusual punishment" if prisoners were forced to watch it.

This is unlike any other movie, the closest thing I can compare it to is a Woody Allen film... But where as Woody Allen is constantly fathoming human foibles Bret Carr appears to be trying to figure out a way to get to grips with that one crippling insecurity that tends to define us for better or worse. In the Case of Lou, it is the root cause of his stuttering, which can be traced back to a singular child hood trauma that is revealed through flash backs.

There are so many strangely neurotic people in the world and I believe they all deserve a chance for redemption, although diversity of human character is after all what makes the world such an intriguing place, so maybe we shouldn't fix our neurosis anymore than we should fix our noses or Breasts.

This is an indie film shot on a long shoestring, but the production values are tremendous as is the scope of the film. I feel like its a quirky Gem for the self-help market. I really look forward to seeing what this filmmaker does next, i could imagine a career along the lines of Woody Allen or Albert Brooks, although usually when a guy like this breaks through, he goes off and makes " X MEN" and his humble quirky origins are soon forgotten or are they.... X Men is aout a bunch of freaks if i remember correctly :)