I think the reason I put this on my watchlist was for the lead, Thomas Brodie-Sangster. How can it be an IMDb 7 rating and not be at least worth watching, even if not great? I'm not unhappy I watched it. I was really hoping for more, though.
I'm not gonna tell you the whole story. The themes are very familiar to most movies about coming to grips with loss - lots of other movies pop to mind, the most apt being "Good Will Hunting". There's even... let's say the writers got 'inspired'.
I think Thomas Brodie-Sangster did pretty well without eyebrows and with the pretty lame writing.
And wow, the writing is thin AF. There's little real emotion. I saw another review say 'melodrama', and YES. Not drama. Milquetoast made-for-TV level drama, not real drama.
Part of this wet fart have the main character 'into' drawing and comic books. It is incredibly underdeveloped. In fact, that's what I'll say. The whole movie is incredibly underdeveloped. Avoid like an unfinished bridge. Go watch "Banshees of Inisherin" if you like tougher, realer movies. Otherwise, there's like 10 seasons of 'The OC' you're gonna love. Maybe just 6. One forgets.
There's one nagging thing - there's a soundtrack 'generic rock song' that sounds a LOT like a "Republica" song. Something about baby i'm ready to go. This movie is so derivative!
