Hunter Gatherer

If you like good movies, great acting this is the movie for you.

I cant understand how this film can get 6/10? Movie has simple plot about simple life simple people.Characters didn't excite any emotions, well at least movie take only 1:30 hours of my time. Almost all actions of film happen in the same places.Just wanna tell that you can find more good movies.

A very beautiful film about love, friendship, solidarity, deception, confusion and unfocused lives in the latter days. Highly recommended. First feature by an art director from the mountains of Virginia, who landed in Los Angeles. Original, magical, hard, sad and funny comedy-drama, thanks to the freedom granted by independent cinema.

Most of the time a film has to have a really strong story to pull an audience in. And then there are other films where the characters are so well written, one couldn't care less about the story. Such is the case with director Josh Locy's clever debut.

The plot is simple...a perennial loser recently released from prison makes a new friend, hustles to earn money, and works to win back the girl of his dreams.

The likability of the characters is undeniable. Royo and Sample put in stellar performances as the quirky leads. What starts as a man-on-a-mission type film becomes something so much more powerful. And an idea as simple as the beauty of friendship is truly what shines through in this lovely little indie gem.

If you like character-driven films about people on the margins, please check this one out. It is well worth your time.

Early on, I forgot I was watching a movie, which is perhaps the most important litmus test for any film.

This work provides a delightful portrait of two lower middle class males, struggling to get by. They hustle in various strange ways, but they aren't criminals.

The central character is simply looking for a little dignity. It's difficult not to root for someone who cannot recite his ABC's in order and is going back to school to learn to write. His petty deceptions and other flaws are overlooked due to his Don Quixotic love for old flame Linda, and his determination to make an honest living, however strange.

The lead performance by Andre Royo (The Wire is spectacular. His character is impossible not to like. The casting director gets real kudos in this movie. Every performer is superb. The writer helps out in this by adding complexity to each character. No one is even near perfect. There also is no cartoonish villain. The screenwriter drives the story along using the foibles contained in the average human being. These characters are common to all of us. They are a lot like us.

One other refreshing thing to note: this is a film with all black people that is not about black people--there's not even a reference. It's about people.

I gave the movie 8 out of 10. It's biggest weakness is a bit of deus ex machina at the end. Otherwise, it took me into another world, different from my own, but at the same time very similar. Worth the time and money.