★ 10 / 10
Fun movie about a husband just trying to
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Fun movie about a husband just trying to make the right choices for his career when The Yoga teacher moves in for the weekend. Stars Ali Cobrin, Rossi…
Fun movie about a husband just trying to make the right choices for his career when The Yoga teacher moves in for the weekend. Stars Ali Cobrin, Rossi Morreale, Andrea Bogart, Kathleen Quinlan and Lin Shaye. Kevin Kent, the writer and director on the movie does a great job of telling this story to the audience.
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★ 4 / 10
There is something amazing about "LIfe's an Itch
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There is something amazing about "LIfe's an Itch". Maybe it isn't amazing, but in this day of cookie-cutter movies and test-audience ruined movies, something…
There is something amazing about "LIfe's an Itch". Maybe it isn't amazing, but in this day of cookie-cutter movies and test-audience ruined movies, something great happened with it. It's a shame though that this off the radar, low budget, poorly handled at times movie will probably never hear this from anybody but this little tiny review from little tiny ol' me. I'm not just anybody though. I am a movie critic, I have a film degree, I am a screenwriter and I have had one script nearly sold to Paramount and another made into a low budget movie. So, my opinion isn't to be taken with a grain of salt.
"Life's An Itch" could have been much better had it been left to season a little bit more. It could have been a better movie had the lead male actor been more prepared or better. It could have been a better movie had the editor left a couple inexcusable bad edits in the movie; including a sound-looping edit where the person speaking's mouth is obviously not moving and a scene where Ali Corbin's character Gillian Gracin is doing yoga outside a window and a quick cut outside has her doing something completely different. It could have been better had they decided early on to be a little more silly and realize they were making a movie about yoga and had some fun with it. It could have been better had many of the camera shots served only the purpose of showing off an extremely attractive actress.
What was great or 'amazing' about the movie though was its ability to go after a taboo subject and handle it with great care when most movies just avoid it. You see, in movies where infidelity is prevalent or possible, it is typically frowned upon because it casts the characters in a negative light. In a light movie such as this, it is even more frowned upon. Yet, what happened here wasn't that; it was about two people who didn't expect to connect, but did. Just because people are married doesn't mean they can't still bond with someone of the opposite sex, or even find platonic love. In "Life's an Itch", a musician and a yoga instructor connect. Thanks to Ali Corbin pretty much nailing every emotion; joy, curiosity, cuteness, sorrow, regret and peacefulness, this connection works greatly.
"Life's an Itch" is not a good movie, but it could have been had the creators taken a little bit more time and put out a better product. Too often, people get scripts, cameras and excitement that they're making a movie and rush ahead before making sure they are ready. I guess that's what separates the Spielbergs, Finchers and Hitchcocks of the world from the countless people these days that can get a hold of equipment and make movies.
I bought "Life's an Itch" and I'm glad I did. There is so much redeeming about Ali Corbin's performance along with a message about platonic love and the need for people to be good to each other, that it is in the least worth a viewing. Just understand that from a technical standpoint, the pre & post-production should have lasted much much much longer.
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★ 4 / 10
Neither comedy nor romance really
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My best guess after the first ten minutes or so, once the main protagonists were put together and the scene was set, was that this was going to be a…
My best guess after the first ten minutes or so, once the main protagonists were put together and the scene was set, was that this was going to be a predictable non-rom-com and so it proved. On the whole it was not worthwhile watching this to the end. The main characters, and for that matter the entire cast, were not 'bad' actors and the film was not badly made. It is a proper movie with decent production and money was clearly spent. Personally, however, I couldn't see the point. Perhaps the point of exaggerating every aspect of the main and the supporting characters was that this was where the comedy was supposed to come from. It didn't. I would be surprised if anyone gets as much a smile from this. I won't put up specifics - in an effort to avoid 'spoilers' - but this is completely forgettable and cliched. Total plot and script failure. Shame. Gave it a 4 just to distinguish it from the hand held video rubbish all over IMDB.
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