November
The truth lies outside the frame.
Photographer Sophie Jacobs life is turned upside-down when her boyfriend is shot in a convenience store robbery. She tries to get over the murder, but she keeps replaying it in her mind and the details keep changing. The line between what happened and what she thinks happened becomes steadily blurrier as she struggles with the powerful images that won't leave her mind.
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November Never More - TaBobo
For the most part, I give anything from InDigEnt a chance. With films like 'Tape', 'Tadpole', 'Pieces of April' and 'Lonesome Jim' in their tiny, tiny library it's easy to know their films will be small, digital and usually very interesting. Unfortunately this, to me, is one of their small misses.
The actor is beyond plain (I'm not talking 'natural'), the execution is bland and I'm left with a dry cotton mouth feeling.
This film is brief in so many ways. I can't say I recommend it.
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Maybe I would've found it more interesting, if I hadn't seen 'Stay'.Creative Effort But Not Enough... - Cogz
The premise of this indie movie is a good one especially when it deals with reality vs fantasy. However, I think the director was much too engrossed in the visual effects of every image that Sophie encounters, that he forgot about making sense of it all!! I like the plot being told in 3 separate stories, all conjured up by Sophie herself as she struggles to come to terms with what actually happened vs what she thinks has happened. Before every story is replayed, we see the subject or the result of the story being told differently: 1st story is described as "Denial," the 2nd as "Despair, & then finally the 3rd one is defined as "Acceptance." It's like the quicker version of the 5-step grieving process. Very interesting.
I like the parallel meaning of Sophie's images and her profession - photography. Every "clue" she sees is from a series of photos. Then she actually experiences them physically, be it her excruciating headaches, the sudden shockingly loud bangs, presumably from her neighbor upstairs, or her visions of gunshot wounds on her shoulders and stomach, blood splatters. So you wonder, is she hallucinating or is it what she actually sees in real life? But, in the end, you realize why she has all these visions because what she and we as viewers have seen throughout the movie are eerily linked to what happened the night when her boyfriend got shot.
It's just a shame that the director didn't put as much attention to the flow of the story, making it quite confusing for the viewers. This could've been a great comparison with another visually affecting movie, "Memento," if done more adequately. As a result, this is just another failing attempt to be unconventional and creative in telling the story. Good effort...but not enough.Worth the rent. - notme
Without ruining anything for you, I'll tell this movie follows the recent trend of leading up to a surprise ending, steadily giving hints along the way. I had no problem figuring out the meat of the mystery by the time the movie is half over. That being said, this movie is well worth the rent. It has alot more going for it than an ending you'll probably see a mile away. It's an interesting exploration of a new concept, it has a visual and audible style all its own (well maybe a little borrowed from Se7en), and a narrative like a maze, continually reaching dead ends, and starting over (that's a good thing here). Yes, it does rely of a few plot gimmicks, but its alot more than just that, at least worth a rent.
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November Never More - TaBobo
For the most part, I give anything from InDigEnt a chance. With films like 'Tape', 'Tadpole', 'Pieces of April' and 'Lonesome Jim' in their tiny, tiny library it's easy to know their films will be small, digital and usually very interesting. Unfortunately ...Creative Effort But Not Enough... - Cogz
The premise of this indie movie is a good one especially when it deals with reality vs fantasy. However, I think the director was much too engrossed in the visual effects of every image that Sophie encounters, that he forgot about making sense of it all!! ...Worth the rent. - notme
Without ruining anything for you, I'll tell this movie follows the recent trend of leading up to a surprise ending, steadily giving hints along the way. I had no problem figuring out the meat of the mystery by the time the movie is half over. That being ...