Bleed American

Name is a bit strange, but I can understand what they were going for with picking it. This is on the short side clocking in at around 75 minutes in length but it uses the time effectively. It is a story of a bunch of teens from a trailer park doing teen things; sex drugs alcohol while dealing with their addicted mother who is in and out of hospitals for overdosing on anything she can get her hands on. The acting is fitting enough and characters are relatable and real enough. The storyline, pace and events are extremely real with nothing over the top for the sake of cinema. In a way it plays a bit like a documentary which I always appreciate as a style. It is a low budget production with no effects or fancy locations but down to earth gritty poor semi rural america. There is a moral ending and i have to say i cared a little bit at the end; which in my eyes is a success if a movie can engage enough to do that.