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Fan Review by Sam

All of the user comments and reviews I've read of this movie are glowing. They say it's poignant and underrated and with great acting. I thought the acting was great, obviously. I have to admit that I thought the movie itself was painfully cliche though. Every Southern boy from the wrong side of the tracks movie element is present and accounted for. There are the two friends, one a badass and the other Actually Really Smart. Then there's a girl from the right side of the tracks who is sympathetic and beautiful and cares for the one who is Actually Really Smart, who encourages him to take his big opportunity that is often the crux of these movies to get out of that town and make something of himself. It contains a mild pet peeve of mine found in a lot of movies about writers. In those kinds of movies, the character's talent is so amazing that it transcends all boundaries and someone higher up has taken notice and offered them a new life because of it. A lot of the time it's implied that the movie itself is the story, or that the voice-over narration is part of the character's writing. But in Trash, like in a lot of movies, the voice-over narration wasn't stellar. I found myself thinking, "They gave him money and a scholarship for writing like this?" One of the only movies I've ever seen about a writer where the voice-over narration sounds like award winning writing is Stand By Me. On the plus side, Trash isn't a bad little movie. I enjoyed it.

From a Jeremy perspective, it's a great movie. It's wall-to-wall him, in nearly every scene. His character was infinitely more interesting than the narrator's, watching how Sonny handled the parents fighting and how he loves kittens and children, although when you combine the love of kittens and children with the heavy handed Jesus comparison, the tender side of his character could have come across as corny. I credit him for the fact that it didn't. His acting in this surprised me. There was something about it that was very fluid and seamless. I know, I know. Of course I'm going to say it's brilliant, but I really thought it was. I barely recognized him in it. He completely disappeared into the character, any hint of his real persona dissolved in this Sonny James kid. I'm sure he's proud of it, and if he's not, he should be. I liked seeing him act with Marisa Ryan too. There was a scene when they're first in the car, just driving down the road, where I got a hint of that familiarity. From a physical perspective, this movie is probably the best looking I've ever seen him, bar none. It comes on so loaded that you really have to be sitting down for it. haha. I like anything that Eric Michael Cole is in too, although the difference in skill and talent comes across as painfully obvious to me when they're on screen together. That's just my personal and admittedly biased opinion though. Eric Michael Cole is cool too.

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