Caretakers

I feel I might have given this movie a star too much.. It's somewhere between 2 and 4 (out of 10, of course). Most of all those high rating reviews that has been given to this movie is, in my mind, probably "fake" (=not very honest). That's my opinion and what I believe anyway. Those high ratings and reviews made me watch this one - so because of those high rated reviews I feel that I have to warn others from thinking this movie is very, very good. It's not. Don't trust all those other high reviews is what I would like to say..

Low budget oddity written, directed and starring George Loomis, a nice looking young man who gives a pretty decent performance as a med student who gets too involved with a patient for his own good. For a while I was under the impression that I was seeing a film about the ethical dilemma of how close medical personnel should get to their patients, but it turns out to be something quite different than that and while intriguing, I'm not sure a lot of it is very logical or makes sense, though I must admit it did leave me with a lot of questions and puzzlements to mull over, but the more I thought about it, the less logical it became. Apparently, this was originally titled Caretakers. Not at all sure why the title change, but Caretakers seems a bit more appropriate.

I'm not even sure how this movie ended up in my watch list but I'm glad it did.

I don't want to give anything away but I can tell you this is a story which doesn't go where you expect. Jones, as played by writer - director George Loomis is a character who is looking for a meaning in his work. A medical student working his hours and he is the real star here. He's surrounded by a cast of competent B and C list faces you've seen before. His character is both earnest and a little lost.

The whole movie feels like it occupies a territory in between thriller, indie and medical drama and, although clearly done on a fairly low budget , manages into occupy the space well.

I see that other reviews are split between 10 stars and very low ... I'm giving it 8. It is a worthy first feature. I'm definitely looking forward to seeing what Mr Loomis writes next.

The only element mildly compelling about this film is the 3 attractive nurses, hence the above 1 out of 10 rating.

Is the person hiring the cast being paid? Are the actors paid? Surely they've paid the person hiring? If not then the world has gone mad.

Whoever rated this film 3 or above should have their rating allowances revoked, along with their reproductive organs.

One of the slowest, worst movies I've ever seen. The acting by most of the so-called actors is awful, especially that of the "star", George Loomis. Christopher Cousins is OK, and a couple of the others are OK, but the majority are simply awful, with unrealistic situations and a totally unbelievable script. Don't waste your time on this film.