Oct 04,2010 - Movie of the Day: "4.3.2.1.” starring Ophelia Lovibond, Shanika Warren-Markland, Emma Roberts and Tamsin Egerton.
Length: 1:57:14
Date of Review: 10-04-2010
Rating : 6.50 (A portrayal of 4 girls , 3 days , 2 cities and 1 chance to survive).
Movie Review: The story was simple, 4 girls and their lives over 3 of the worst days of their lives (independent of each other´s issues) in 2 different cities and 1 chance to survive. The story takes 4 different friends starting off all together and the different paths that they take over a 3 day time line.
The movie was in my mind done well, it kept me interested and the story was pretty believable thus the characters and acting seemed like it was well done. The only problem was that the story itself wasn’t that compelling. It had action and fights and drugs and women in nearly nude scenes but even with all the basic Hollywood themes that work , this movie never really pulled it all together to make it feel like a "wow film" and in the end it was a little different and interesting, but didn´t finish with that "wow factor" that most great movies need to leave you going home with.
It did at times , and that’s why I kept watching but the British actors really are what kept it interesting. They made you feel like there was more to this movie then it actually finished with. It still made me leave with a feeling that I wanted a little more and the fact that it was almost 2 hours left me feeling like after 2 hours if I need more then where the heck did we do in the actual 2 hours.
Maybe I just felt it never really finished anything trying to tell 4 separate stories but never really completing the ones that were being told. Yes the whole movie came together at the end but again it wasn’t that great a ending , quite opposite to the expected , the four stories finished abruptly but they did have a good storyline to each so you thought when they brought all 4 stories together at the end you would have had a more explosive and creative end to it all, but it was a little limp and that is why this didn’t hit the 7 or 8 rating as it should have made.
Don’t let me fool you by the review , I thoroughly enjoyed the movie and didn’t feel it wasted my time at all, but it just didn’t give me the kind of feeling I expected to have after being quite happy with most of the storylines then finishing with a blah!!!
Still I give it 1 Thumb up!! The girls and actors actually made this and are well worth the time spent to watch, just don’t expect to come away with that wow factor you think you will when it flattens out. Still overall Good watch.
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