Pat Henman

I like it. Jeff B and John L are great, as well as others. But the Zoe character is out of no where; no consistency in her character. Where is her kid suddenly? What happened to her house? The character is flawed on paper, in development. Emily- excellent work.

I loved the lead actor, playing Marley. He worked hard. But the script falls so short. Who was Bob? Where did his beliefs come from? What shaped him into the leader of peace and freedom and equality? Where did he come from? Did his mother help shape him? Why is the fact that he had many children with other women, and lived with other women almost ignored for one line from Rita? This to me, is Rita’s story about Bob, not Bob’s story . I would like to see another film about Bob, the man.

Although I have enjoyed performances by most of these actors before, especially relative newcomer Barry K., I found the script slow, the direction beleaguered, and the 'cleverness' just a bit too clever. It took forever to get anywhere. I can see the amount of thought and production value that went into the film but I am not so sure the script was up for the task. Glorifying some of the acts in the film were just that, glorifying - extraneous for shock, nah. I would have done another rewrite, questioned the events and the backstory to make sure we, the audience, were not being cheated out of a better storyline.

The producer and director tried to create a film noir style picture but it falls flat. The narration is too boring, even if they were going for a bland style. The lead does have a nice George Clooney look. The story is a bit convoluted. The protagonist has not clearly chosen his emotional path which in this case, even with the 'accident' I felt he then needed to make a clear choice for the audience to accept his future acceptance of 'work'. And whose dog was that?