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Director Alexis Dos Santos stressed improvisation, and his scenes have a lingering emotional rawness, but the handheld camera work left me feeling as woozy as the characters appear to be.
Overly familiar but endearing nonetheless, this coming-of-age indie from Alexis Dos Santos is most likely to appeal to those who recognize themselves in the story's lost heroes.
A lovely, somewhat messy movie about lovely, messy young lives.
Despite some missteps (a parachute metaphor is particularly belabored), the film has an intoxicating quality.
Has a lively, romantic spirit that recalls the playfulness and spontaneity of the French New Wave.
If it weren't for the kick-ass pop soundtrack, with tunes like Hot Monkey, I would have tuned out long before the last reel.
Light and entertaining, if a little clunky at times.
There's real promise in 'Unmade Beds': the photography is luminous, the direction loose but involving, the acting superb. But ultimately it's a joyless, indulgent film about joyless, indulgent people.
Stay away action fans, this is not a film for you. But if you identify with the lifestyles of these characters, you might just find this small dreamlike film speaks to you.
An easy-going, garrulous, likable piece.
A keen, scruffy, colourful and buoyant film.
It's refreshing to see a film about youth that doesn't resort to the clichés of drug abuse gone wrong. While its lack of narrative thrust can render it a little too loose for its own good, Unmade Beds still manages to charm and entice.
Reminiscent of Francois Truffaut or Wong Kar-wai at their most romantic, this, suitably enough, has cult sleeper written all over it.
Beautifully shot on HD video and Super 16mm, this tender film channels the romantic spirit of Wong Kar-wai, über-cool soundtrack and all.
Occasionally the material gets too self-indulgently arty but the way it lingers over the small moments of human interaction more than compensates.
It's rare to find a film that changes the way you see the world and puts a smile on your face. At least for a while.
You could call the film either fresh and charming or hopelessly second-hand. There is, indeed, something there. But not much.
Rumpled, vague and possibly a bit whiffy.
It may be slight and more than a little fuzzy but there is a certain soulful charm to Unmade Beds that keeps you engaged.
Well made, frequently charming indie drama but it's not as emotionally satisfying as it should be.
Shot and edited with real skill, this warmly involving film sharply catches the perspective of two young immigrants with very personal journeys. But the script feels too tidy for the loose, relaxed filmmaking style.
Such randomness never amounts to anything profound in this vapid little film, no matter how much Dos Santos dresses it up with New Wave-inspired visual flourishes and dated hipster soundtrack cues.
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