Sprouting Orchids (2014) User Reviews

The story behind the movie is special

[hahmed857 · 10/10 · 25 September 2018]

The video, "I made a movie, it stunk" is why the movie is so great. It's a great film on it's own, but the story behind it is even greater.

True Character

[jonathanrennickermusic · 10/10 · 22 September 2018]

This is a pure example of a movie with character. It shows that a low-budget film can truly have high-budget results. This movie was truly a marvel of passion.

Great for a Low Budget Film

[thisislarryk · 10/10 · 6 June 2019]

Although the movie itself may not be the greatest, this is a fantastic movie, as it showed what's possible with a few thousand bucks, a camera, and an idea. I also watched the Austin's Video "I made a movie, it stunk." and seeing the production process for how the film was made was amazing. Sure, there were some (many) mishaps during the film's shooting, but I see this film as a resource and opportunity for people to learn. Overall, I think this was amazing for being Mr. McConnell's first movie, and I give it a 10/10 for Creativity, good acting, fantastic cinematography, and a great producer that gave it his all.

Amazing Movie

[enchantedorbity · 10/10 · 2 August 2018]

It was truly a masterpiece. Respect for Austin McConnell, Respect.

You will not enjoy this movie, unless...

[Jared-Star · 3/10 · 10 December 2020]

Speaking objectively, this is not a good film, even for a low-budget indie filmmaker. It has a decent cast and some amazing cinematography at certain points (I.E. The salon sequence), but other than that, this movie isn't good. The story is a little ridiculous at points, and the movie itself felt rushed for 80% of its runtime.

The incredibly interesting story behind this production is the reason I found the movie and Austin's YouTube channel. I recommend watching that instead of the movie. I know this page has a lot of 10/10 reviews, but they are not talking about the movie. They are talking about either the creator himself or his behind-the-scenes video: "I made a movie, it sucked." Which I would give a 10/10 too, but that's a separate video on a completely different platform. I respect the creator's wish to not glorify his hour and ten minutes of vanity, so I won't. It's not a complete failure with absolutely no redeeming value, but unless you are watching it for a very specific reason, you will not enjoy this movie.

The movie was wonderful

[privatemak · 10/10 · 22 November 2018]

This is the movie to inspire newer filmmakers. It delivers, and if you can forgive symptoms of low-budget production, its seriously a treat

It has potential

[jessepink-11992 · 3/10 · 11 August 2020]

It's not a very good film, but I think it's okay for someone's first try and with no money. He's a very nice and sweet guy and I wish he would give filmmaking another shot and not let one bad experience bring him down

Lovely

[tkracik · 10/10 · 22 June 2019]

Interesting movie about non standard standard thing, Austin really made it feel special. I enjoyed it.

It was nearly great

[jimmybobson · 9/10 · 18 September 2021]

The film was almost fantastic, unfortunately, the slightly amateurish acting and unusual pacing in certain scenes didn't allow for a 10/10 rating. The salon scene really highlighted just how much potential the film had, the synergy between the actors was phenomenal and especially at such a key point in the movie. All in all I'd say, as someone who has written, acted in and produced a short film myself, a wonderful first attempt.

Amazing

[itsjaysea · 10/10 · 10 July 2019]

It was good because of austin's experience was little but yet made a movie

Pretty captivating

[MorrisBuck88 · 10/10 · 21 February 2020]

I saw the movie at a cinema festival in 2015, definitly liked the movie despite it's flaws. I would definitly support the director of this movie so that he could make something with a bigger budget, that chance at making something good would be earned.

Keep creating movies and dont give up.

A good movie being low budget

[xdplayzxd · 10/10 · 15 August 2019]

For a movie having a budget under an average movie I'd watch, it's wonderful, shows how you can make a movie good without money and famous actors, all you needs is a crew and a camera. I was fortunate enough to watch this movie after watching a video by the director himself and it isn't as bad as he said it was. Give it a chance as it was his first movie.