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Choose Connor (2008)
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Reviews Counted:14
Fresh:6
Rotten:8
Average Rating:5/10
Theatrical Release:2007
Synopsis: Fifteen-year-old Owen Norris (Alex Linz) is at the top of his graduating middle-school class, has no friends and spends almost all of his time studying. But his mundane suburban life is changed... [More]
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Reviews for Choose Connor
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It's a film that works through guilelessness and cynicism. Full Review |
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4/5 |
Luke Eberl's Choose Connor is a real stunner, an unusual coming-of-age story that packs a wallop in unexpected ways. Full Review |
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 2/4 |
Stranger things, no doubt, do happen. But ambitious, intelligent Eberl needed more mature storytelling skills to make Choose Connor seem plausible. Full Review |
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Whether or not one buys into pic's vision of government as irreversibly corrupt, the leap from the general to the specific registers as unconvincing at best. Full Review |
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1.5/4 |
Overlong, obvious and indifferently acted. Full Review |
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3/5 |
Choose Connor, a jaundiced look at political power and moral turpitude, draws you in by creeping you out.
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2/4 |
An upstart thriller about a young man's initiation into politics and life, Choose Connor is not coincidentally getting a theatrical release during an election that will likely mark an old man's exit from both politics and life. Full Review |
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1/5 |
At numerous points, you suspect the low-budget project has been conceived and executed by middle-schoolers. Full Review |
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2/6 |
For reasons that are unclear, Choose Connor seems to both court relevance and avoid it, lapsing into allegory at inopportune moments. Full Review |
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Like this election cycle, the movie leaves you cynical and weary. We've seen it all before. Full Review |
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Touches on challenging topics like political expediency versus integrity. But with an abrupt detour into tabloid scandal, how can the movie demand integrity of politicians, when it similarly ends up lacking the courage of its own convictions. Full Review |
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The ending is also note-perfect. However...it could have used perhaps a bit more restraint in some areas. Full Review |
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4/5 |
I wouldn’t say there’s any big life lessons being told here, but the story of Owen Norris coming of age in the harsh light of reality is intriguing stuff. Full Review |
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B- |
Has flashes of incredible maturity and complexity [but the filmmaker] still has some things to learn about the basic tenets of storytelling before he can become a quality filmmaker. Full Review |
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October 27, 2008:
YouthRadio.org: Touches on challenging topics like political expediency versus integrity. But with an abrupt detour into tabloid scandal, how can it demand integrity of politicians, when it similarly ends up lacking the courage of its own convictions. 
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