6 Balloons (2018)

Sorry, this movie sucks

Don't Believe the Hype

This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.

Although I seem to have had higher expectations than I thought, the movie is super entertaining.

This is one of the best movies of the year. Yes, is disturbing and intense but art is not allways a sunday in the park. Just Excellent!

The film showed me a reality which I have never seen. It was a fusion of darkness with memories of the past which evoke happiness. Overall well done, with some definite room for improvement. I enjoyed watching our main character struggle with her own addiction which keeps her "drowning" just like a drug addict.Pro/Con: Some really great shots w/ the camera, but not enough story telling through the camera. Pro: The chapters of the boat narration kept me interested in what the moral was. Con: There were times when it was so mundane to watch I wanted to stop watching. Pro: It showed a terrific literal drowning during a very real scene. I don't know that I've seen something edited like this. It was different and it played well. Con: The pacing of the film was too even and I think this is why many viewers will find this film "boring". The colors / contrast wasn't helping tell the story either. With better pacing this may have only needed to be a 45 minute film and would have kept the audience to feel more empathy for the main characters. Pro: Acting by the main two actors was superb, three if you include the little girl. Con: I don't think the director knew what her main characters would eat for breakfast. And if she did, she didn't convey it to the audience, AKA - if we dove a little deeper with the characters we could have felt more connection.

True this hits home in dealing with someone who has an addiction, I think there was too much emphasis on making this a "beautiful" movie and not enough on the plot. The voiceover of the audiobook, the random close ups (Jacobson's chin???), and the constant blank stare acting (like Katie staring into the distance with her mouth open) made the pacing very slow. I was prepared to be reaching for tissues but I felt surprisingly little emotion (little...not none). I really just wish it was better but overall I was disappointed.

I am very picky with the indie genre because there's usually not much going on. And sometimes, writers try to be so "artistic" that there is no moral to the story, so it just blatantly stinks. This movie, though... It hit home. My brother, who is my best friend, is an addict. Throughout the film, I found myself relating to the main character and her relationships with the people around her, including her brother. Dave Franco is a great actor, just like his brother. He did spectacular. He portrayed his character so well. I'm usually used to seeing him in comedies. It just goes to show how great he is that he can play a more serious roll brilliantly as well.