Treading Water
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Movie Reviews of Treading Water
Movie Review: The pouting....
Summary: 2 Stars
The general tone of this movie is morose. There is zero believable chemistry between the Alex and Casey. The acting is generally hideous - count the pouts! The subplot regarding Casey's brother is annoying and largely unnecessary. A lot of potential, but this movie doesn't pull it off.Movie Review: drown me now
Summary: 2 Stars
this was a plot-less film with zero experienced film makers and actresses...no style...just drown this film rent if you have to see it...remember curiosity killed the catMovie Review: Don't Bother
Summary: 2 Stars
Boring and WAY over dramatic. Glad I rented it first.I was really let down because I do like the stars of the show.
Movie Review: Poor Acting
Summary: 2 Stars
I was disappointed in the acting and the script (which was predicable and trite).Movie Review: The tradition of bad lesbian movies continues
Summary: 1 Stars
In a word - awful! I tried to keep an open mind about this movie because one of the lead actresses, Nina Landey (Alex) is actually a lesbian in "real life." However, this came no where near to saving this shipwreck of a movie. How awful - let me count the ways.Production value - fair to middling. It seems the director tried to cover up bad sound quality and poor lighting with panoramic shots of New England (Nantucket?). At least use a boom that works, people!
Acting - melodramatic and over the top. The actors seemed to be sleep walking through their parts and there was absolutely no chemistry between the two leads. They didn't make me like their characters nor did I find them believeable. It was like watching live action anime.
Story - Cliched, hackeneyed, pedestrian, and pedantic pretty much sums this up. Bad soap plot gone lesbo. Casey and Alex (could there be more stereotypical names, please?) are girlfriends living on a boat in New England. Casey's bitchy mother (another major charicature) forces her to choose her family or her girlfriend. Now, I'm not saying this storyline in and of itself couldn't be interesting but the way this movie was executed really brought it down to the level of an episode of "All My Children." (No offense intended to soap lovers but I do expect motion pictures to be a little more dramatically sophisticated).
Any redeeming value? Well, I'm glad to see lesbian movies as always so the exposure and presence is a good thing. Unfortunately this movie bites and it would have been better not to have made it in the first place. Why oh why can't there be a happy lesbian movie?! Is everyone this angst-ridden?
A total waste of time and money. If I could have given this zero stars, I would have. I really hate movies that end up being comedies without trying. Believe me you will laugh at the absurdity of the story and the acting. For a much more interesting movie, watch "By Hook or By Crook;" throw this one into the circular file.