Fashion designer Amer Atrash, perpetually on the verge of success, is undergoing a personal crisis in both his marriage and his business. Attributing his misfortune to bad karma from a ...
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Fashion designer Amer Atrash, perpetually on the verge of success, is undergoing a personal crisis in both his marriage and his business. Attributing his misfortune to bad karma from a wrongdoing committed fifteen years prior, he sets out to correct his mistake, and in doing so, experiences a spiritual awakening. Written by
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The only reason I picked this up was Forrest Whitaker. I've seen several of his straight-to-DVD items and they're usually interesting to very good.
I don't know if I want to know the background of this, 'cause I probably would get angrier. I would have to assume the director, writer and star (one guy) is Mr. Whittaker's and Ms. Driver's celestial guru, or some nonsense like that.
It doesn't help that the "hero" starts out as an arrogant douche who insists on calling his wife and child "beybee" 60 times in the first 1/2 hour. All that was missing was the gold chain around his neck.
So this guy runs his business into the ground, despite the fact that everyone around him loves him. They really love him. Adore him. It helps that he's also the writer telling his actors to love him. I don't.
Then, at his breaking point, he has to right a wrong he did years ago. That's holding him back, although it's unrelated to the present events.
(I should say it was entertaining to hear Ms. Driver fall into various accents throughout the film.)
Then another 40 minutes of blahblahblah and we're done.
Many other reviewers were basically calling this "intellectual" Sure. They just forgot the word "claptrap".
At least the star/director/writer is consistent. A consistently bad actor, writer, and director.
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The only reason I picked this up was Forrest Whitaker. I've seen several of his straight-to-DVD items and they're usually interesting to very good.
I don't know if I want to know the background of this, 'cause I probably would get angrier. I would have to assume the director, writer and star (one guy) is Mr. Whittaker's and Ms. Driver's celestial guru, or some nonsense like that.
It doesn't help that the "hero" starts out as an arrogant douche who insists on calling his wife and child "beybee" 60 times in the first 1/2 hour. All that was missing was the gold chain around his neck.
So this guy runs his business into the ground, despite the fact that everyone around him loves him. They really love him. Adore him. It helps that he's also the writer telling his actors to love him. I don't.
Then, at his breaking point, he has to right a wrong he did years ago. That's holding him back, although it's unrelated to the present events.
(I should say it was entertaining to hear Ms. Driver fall into various accents throughout the film.)
Then another 40 minutes of blahblahblah and we're done.
Many other reviewers were basically calling this "intellectual" Sure. They just forgot the word "claptrap".
At least the star/director/writer is consistent. A consistently bad actor, writer, and director.