Sedona (2011)

Overrated and overhyped

There's no way I can possibly love it entirely but I just think its ridiculously bad, but enjoyable at the same time.

By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

Sedona was a wonderful movie to watch. It's a great feel-good movie. Rightly so, they acknowledge the gay community by placing it in the main plot. Frances was wonderful to watch on-screen. It is a shame she has not been recognized at awards ceremonies. Beth is fun to watch. She's light hearted, quirky and care-free. Seth had a demanding presence when he was in a scene. He is truly a great actor. Trevor was simply awesome. He's very good for being so young! If there was a down-side to this film, it was only it's low budget. Due to this, the special effects are relatively terrible. I really hope a major production company will back this movie so they may improve on the special effects. This movie leaves you feeling good when it ends. They've done a great job on this movie, especially for a low-budget indie film. Congratulations!

As a Sedona resident, I could not wait to see this movie. Happy to say, it was all I hoped for and more. Sedona (the City) has to be experienced first hand to understand the energy and synchronicity here, but this film gives the audience a glimpse into the metaphysical experience one finds in this amazing place. I loved this movie for accurately capturing a tiny slice of mystical Sedona. Tommy Stoval and Marc Sterling did a wonderful job creating a light-hearted, entertaining look into the extraordinary vibrational aura that some people find a bit uncomfortable here. Others, like me, find it life changing and heart opening. Sedona, The Motion Picture, demonstrates how so many seemingly everyday happenings become serendipituous events that change us in profound ways and reconnect us to unconditional love. Those of us fortunate enough to call Sedona home have a phrase for it: Sedona moments. Congratulations to everyone involved with this film!

I truly enjoyed this movie but thought something was missing. I'm from NYC and was visiting Sedona during the film festival. Sedona is such a beautiful and relaxing place! We stayed at a resort nearby the movie theaters and our local friends, well not that "local" since they came from Flagstaff to meet us but you get the point, invited us to watch this film that was the main attraction at their film festival. Being a film festival junkie myself (I go every year to most film festivals in NYC), I did not want to miss this one. Since we arrived in Arizona, we encountered so many Hispanics. In our resort, most of the employees were Hispanics; at the spa, there were many too. In the restaurants, the shops, everywhere! No wonder, Arizona was part of Mexico until February 12, 1912 when it became the 48th US state. So when I saw that the movie title was "sedona" I thought it would include such an obvious part of that magical place. It did not. There was no one Hispanic character in this movie. This is the same thing that happened with that movie called "New York I love you" which did not include us "Newyoricans" (Pto. Ricans born in New York) and it also ignored the gay community (there were none in that movie). How can someone do a movie about NYC without including those two groups?? I felt similarly when I saw Sedona, The Movie. There were not Hispanics (if there were, they did not have any lines or assigned roles). The movie itself is great, the views (breathtking!), the scenery, the plot. Very engaging and leaves you with that "feel good" sensation. I was glad to see Christopher Atkins (from Blue Lagoon) acting again and Frances Fisher is such a joy to watch! Beth Grant and Lynn Shaye are two of the best actresses ever! And the little boy is absolutely adorable. But I really missed to see some of those Latino faces I saw in the streets of Sedona. After all, it was all about Sedona. Right?

This film was not what I was expecting. Everything about it's off-kilter approach -- including its enhanced landscapes and innovative shots, quirky spiritualists, and out-of-touch tourists -- lends itself to capturing Sedona's uplifting lightheartedness. In this spirit, it's appropriate that a balloon floating upon a breeze sets all the synchronicity in motion. I take the experiences of the waylaid tourist entirely seriously, as seriously as I take the Apostle Paul's conversion on the road to Damascus. Too bad Paul couldn't have been on the road to Sedona. Christianity would have had a much lighter touch in achieving the same end.