Odd narrative short is heart felt and well done but leaves one feeling what we are supposed to feel. More public service film than anything, it is kind of like being lectured to instead of being told.
The problem is the film kind of falls in between being a narrative and documentary. Some people are actual survivors. Others are actors. We get to see scenes from their lives recreated but it feels like an odd cable TV documentary. As a result I remained at arm's length and never connected.
To be honest I respect the film but I really didn't much care for it.
SURVIVING THEATER 9 plays at Tribeca as part of the AFTERMATH shorts collection. FOr more information and tickets go here.
This film is nearly unwatchable. Poorly written and poorly executed by "survivor"/director Tim McGrath. This film feels untethered to the truth as the writer/director/star wasn't in the theater where the shooting actually occurred.
ReplyDeleteThe flick is pretty unwatchable. Agree with the reviewer that "survivor"/director Tim McGrath lectures the audience in a pedantic way instead of simply telling the stories of these survivors. Also, it's pretty disingenuous for McGrath to play the "survivor" card when he wasn't physically in the theater where the Aurora shooting occurred and was in an adjacent one.
ReplyDeleteI wasn't there but I lived right across the street at the time. Just hearing shots and screams is terrifying.
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