Tre (2008)
Runtime: 88 mins
Genre: Dramas
Starring: Daniel Cariaga, Kimberly-Rose Wolter, Erik McDowell, Alix Koromzay, Teddy Chen Culver
Screenwriter: Kimberly-Rose Wolter, Eric Byler
Producer: Philippe Diaz
Composer: Michael Brook
DVD Info
Release:
May 6, 2008
DVD Features:
- Keep Case
Audio:
- (unspecified) - English
Additional Release Material:
- Audio Commentary - Cast Commentary
- Deleted Scenes
- Featurette - Behind-The-Scenes
- Trailer - Theatrical Trailer
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Reviews
...absorbing, mysterious, lyrical and distinctively titillating...a moody masterpiece that is thrillingly alarming...[a] tale of wandering hedonism and anguish
A character study about characters I never cared about, Tre features actors whose acting shows. Never for a minute did I buy that the characters they were trying to create were real.
There’s a strange sort of vacuousness to Tre, Eric Byler’s newest installment on relationships amidst directionless twentysomethings.
I think Byler is at his best when he directs material he writes on his own, and he's at the top of his game with Tre.
Byler has a knack for elegant composition, as well as the hazy middle ground between friendship and friendship with a sexual asterisk.
[Byler] ventures into Douglas Sirk territory with astonishing skill (not an easy task), presenting this potential melodrama with gravity and intelligence.
A smart and incisive look at contemporary relationships that avoids all the cliches that one might expect to find
After a promising start with Charlotte Sometimes, Byler fumbles big time with this slow-moving, even irritating sophomore effort.
It's difficult to care who couples or uncouples throughout this relationship drama since the combinations are always completely unappealing.
If you're looking for fresh, compelling proof that the best training for young actors aspiring to authentic film performances is still the theater, look no further.
Unlike most indie dramas about rudderless 20-somethings who exorcise their hang-ups by talking and screwing each other to death, Tre is something rare: a perceptive, nonindulgent chamber piece that wrings a little art from that anxious age.
Tale of a 30ish quartet at personal crossroads in the wealthy, idyllic Santa Monica Mountains sports juicy conflicts and prickly dialogue, though the directorial approach remains judiciously low-key.
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