A few questions for anyone unlucky enough to have suffered through this dirge like I have...
1. Were auditions based on who gave the worst performance? What a novel idea!
2. Was there an actual script, or did they make it up as they went along (I am being DEADLY serious here).
3. What is it about this individual's life that made them think it was worth committing to film? After close scrutiny of the events therein, I still don't have a clue.
4. Did they record a specific score, or did they 'borrow' a bunch of cheap -off-the-shelf recordings to 'seamlessly' link them in? You know where my money would go.
5. Come clean. Now. It's been 15 years. All you 5-star reviews can confess you were paid by or are relating to the cast and crew. You were... right? Because if not, that's kinda worrying...
Basically, this is nothing more than a dull melodrama where a lot of bad stuff happens to this girl, and she 'overcomes' it all to make something of her life.
I suppose her heroic struggle is supposed to give us the warm fuzzies, but thanks to the episodic, soap-opera narrative and the beyond amateurish acting I got no emotion from any of the 'moving' scenes here...
...Apart from the odd pang of laughter when the terrible lead actress tries to cry convincingly on cue. Hey, I had to get some enjoyment out of the sorry experience, even if it was intended. Sue me.
So anyway, unless you're like me and you have a bizarre penchant for movies which are So-Bad-They're-Kinda-Good, give it a watch.
Otherwise, follow the advice of the famous song... 'clears throat' Walk on bbyyy... 2/10.
1. Were auditions based on who gave the worst performance? What a novel idea!
2. Was there an actual script, or did they make it up as they went along (I am being DEADLY serious here).
3. What is it about this individual's life that made them think it was worth committing to film? After close scrutiny of the events therein, I still don't have a clue.
4. Did they record a specific score, or did they 'borrow' a bunch of cheap -off-the-shelf recordings to 'seamlessly' link them in? You know where my money would go.
5. Come clean. Now. It's been 15 years. All you 5-star reviews can confess you were paid by or are relating to the cast and crew. You were... right? Because if not, that's kinda worrying...
Basically, this is nothing more than a dull melodrama where a lot of bad stuff happens to this girl, and she 'overcomes' it all to make something of her life.
I suppose her heroic struggle is supposed to give us the warm fuzzies, but thanks to the episodic, soap-opera narrative and the beyond amateurish acting I got no emotion from any of the 'moving' scenes here...
...Apart from the odd pang of laughter when the terrible lead actress tries to cry convincingly on cue. Hey, I had to get some enjoyment out of the sorry experience, even if it was intended. Sue me.
So anyway, unless you're like me and you have a bizarre penchant for movies which are So-Bad-They're-Kinda-Good, give it a watch.
Otherwise, follow the advice of the famous song... 'clears throat' Walk on bbyyy... 2/10.