XOXO (2016)

Sorry, this movie sucks

Don't listen to the negative reviews

Best movie ever!

Absolutely the worst movie.

I been attending these festivals since 2013 and I thoroughly enjoyed this film. Even though it was predictable at times, I do relate to the characters and feel like I know them as well. These scenarios do happen, believe it or not and I think they played out well. This was more of a storytelling film based off the scenarios given than a film showing performances of DJ's and people dancing which I what I wanted to see and which I did enjoy from beginning to end.

The 2 stars are for the cinematography which was beautiful, and that's literally ALL this movie has going for it. The plot is like something a first year film student would write, nothing special whatsoever, like a cop-out on the Hero's Journey only skipping half of the steps. The "creator" of the XOXO music festival comes off as creepy and like he's going to roofie the poor girl from Modern Family who needs to charge her cell phone. Then later, when his character is switched to act like a Mentor it just feels forced. You could have had the greatest direction and actors ever but the script is SO poorly written that it just couldn't be saved. Someone needs to do an EDM movie that is actually good, funny, beautiful, and get's the point! I know what XOXO was going for, but it didn't get there, and it was never going to from the start. It's really unfortunate that so much was wasted on this concept.

I'm someone who spent their youth in the rave scene. I've loved movies like Go, Groove, and Midsummers Night Rave. But now I have a new favorite. A contemporary rave movie that really hits home with the modern day scene, but what is so much more than that, this is genuinely a beautiful romantic comedy, about friendship and love.There is so much reality to this movie about the spirit of the scene, great acting, superb soundtrack, and a well put together story.I don't understand the low rating on IMDb, but who cares. If you have the heart of raver, you'll really get this movie. If not, maybe you'll love it too.I laughed so often during this movie, but what really shows the power of screen writing, was it's ability to bring me to tears at least 5 or 6 times during the story. What an amazing movie, it's like they got everything right that its predecessors missed (Go, Groove, etc). I give it 10 out of 10 because I'm a big fan of rom-com, but the set of the movie and soundtrack really throws it over the top to make it an all-time favorite of mine. Yea, you are not going to see Brad Pitt, Meryl Streep, or whoever the Oscar winners are. So don't confuse my rating with one of those huffy-puffy Oscar award type level movies. No, instead, this was a movie that hit home for me, and I loved every second of it. My only complaint, is it wasn't long enough.I hope you all enjoy it as much as I did!

I am hugely disappointed by this film. I'm not sure what the story was really trying to do, it wasn't amusing or in any way entertaining. If you want to watch a good festival film watch Under The Electric Sky because it's actually good. This film portrayed loads of typical festival/drug stereotypes like everybody at these things is a total moron, that's not been my experience. Acting - awful. Music, not enough of it and mostly boring. Spend your time doing something other than watching this, trust me! Also, why does it need to be so cynical? I suppose it's not cool to be nice anymore. Why can't more people make good party films? Relatively simple concept and a lot of fun but so few people seem to have got it right.