My Senior Year

This movie was a pleasant surprise. This film takes on a familiar subject and does a great job. The movie handles this part of our life pretty well. Everyone remembers their high school time. Good acting by Perry Chicos as the lead as he helps us navigate the ups and downs of high school. There are some nice laughs in the movie as well. Joe Carlini takes a good script and gets the most out of his actors. I recommend it for a nice night in (and aren't all nights in these days?). A well done film.

This purports to be an anti-suicide movie with a bit of religion tossed in, but limited enough to keep the film from coming across as Christian. Like the person who walked away after 25 minutes and gave two stars, I was tempted. To that point the writing is stiff, the acting amateurish, the editing without sense and one can only wonder where the director was hiding out. After that, it got marginally better, but not much. There's no organic flow to the movie, story, characters or acting, but a series of staged scenes with stiff lines that often amount to speeches. And the final school scene makes no sense at all. As an anti-suicide movie, it doesn't make a strong impression. Overall, it seemed like a long version film school project, although it could as well been a poorly funded and thought through advocacy effort.

In the middle of a pandemic, something inspirational is really welcome. And yet very true to high school emotions and realities. This film was funny, sometimes sad, always sweet. I found myself really invested in and cheering for the lead character. How many movies out there can do that anymore? A really fine indie charmer!

My Senior Year is an endearing indie coming of age film that I really enjoyed. I don't know what it is about stories about the high school experience that I connect with so much -- perhaps it's the nostalgia or just because it was such a formative time for so many of us -- but I really like this these types of films. My Senior Year grapples with a lot of the significant issues we all face in high school, but through the unique perspective of a truck driver's son starting school for the first time. My Senior Year spans a range of emotions from sweet to sad to funny at various points in the film, encompassing much of what we may have experienced, but taking it a step further in some places too that I'll leave you to see. Even when dealing with much more serious issues, My Senior Year handles them well. I'd say it's well worth your time, particularly if you're looking for something to watch while stuck sheltering in place like me.

Poor acting & story. I've seen more life from "actors" in a high school drama class. Save yourself from the agony of this movie and pass it over.