George Hartman

I didn't like the movie. That doesn't mean you won't. I'm not a fan of movie reviewers who try to describe movies in ways they hope will predict how much the general public will enjoy the film. In many cases, they go so far as to openly predict that very few will enjoy a particular film based on filmmaking mechanics and styles that have a very poor record of correlating with what the general public enjoys and doesn't enjoy. In other cases, they place a high value on esoteric aspects of the film and thus rate it highly despite the fact that the general public does not recognize that esoterica and does not care about it. Independent films, in particular, are often overrated as far as the general public is concerned because they are innovative in some way that filmmakers and reviewers find creative but general audiences don't notice and don't value.