Movie Reviews for Local Boys

Local Boys

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Movie Reviews of Local Boys

Movie Review: some good surfing
Summary: 4 Stars

I had to take off one point for amateurish photography and videotaping. There was a lot of good surfing, but I think a better beach with bigger waves could of been chosen. This movie has Jeremy Sumpter filmed in 2002, I liked his acting in this movie, but it was not as good as his acting in Peter Pan (2004). If you're just curious, then rent the movie before choosing to buy it.

Movie Review: Never Heard of It
Summary: 4 Stars

For not getting any advertisement and having an ultra-low budget, this isn't a bad film. The story of two brothers and their mother struggling to make a living ... blah blah blah. It sounds boring, but it's really not that bad. I suggest you give it a try if you're bored. I was, and I actually liked it.

Movie Review: Not a masterpiece, but enjoyed it anyway
Summary: 3 Stars

The story is predictable, the writing sophomoric. Yet I still managed to enjoy it, and I appreciated the performances given by Mark Harmon and especially Jeremy Sumpter as "Skeet". Jeremy is an amazing young actor (check him out in "Frailty" if you haven't already) who brings a natural charm to his character -- he never seems forced or phony. Might even bring a tear to your eye in a couple scenes <sniff>. ;) Mark Harmon is quite the pro at this kind of thing and a pleasure to watch. Same for most of the rest of the cast. As I said, this is not a masterpiece, but it's an OK little surf-oriented movie with nice cinematography and music, and a decent enough story to hold my interest.

Movie Review: Quite average
Summary: 2 Stars

This film could have benefited from judicious editing. I'll use one example rather than list all. Randy is on the beach at night, by a fire, kissing his very new girlfriend. His friend (I don't remember his friend's name) rushes up spurting sand all around exclaiming his need to talk to Randy right away - "it's important". He tells Randy that his mother found his "stash", told his Dad, and he would probably have to go into the Marines when his Dad came home. Then he gets up and leaves. ?? That scene made no sense. Why interrupt Randy's "fun" with a dire emergency that isn't dire, only to leave fifteen seconds later? It doesn't make sense. That's something I harp on: if something doesn't make sense, either excise it or find a more appropriate place for it where it will make sense. There was a scene further in the film where Randy and his friend were discussing this same topic. Given that, I say the firelight interruption should have been excised.

Another problem was that nobody seemed to care about Jim Wesley (Mark Harmon's much older character) buddying up with 12-year old Skeet for the right reasons. We live in a rather unfortunate age where people cannot leave their children with people they don't know - we all know what I mean. Randy protested Skeet hanging out with Jim, but only for the wrong reasons.

Even with judicious editing, however, I don't feel that this film would have risen to great heights. There were problems with dialogue and interaction as well.

Fixing all of that could have made this mildly entertaining, but we'll never know.