Klepto

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06/26/2016 Clumsy but consistently surprising, low budget aspect paid off in this instance to make the drama feel way more real. Nice style too. Basically it'll pleasantly surprise you but to be honest that's because you already had low expectations. See more 03/07/2012 So, I was bored and this was on Amazon Instant and that's about the only reasoning I can give you for me wasting my time with this film. It's essentially about Emily, whose addiction to pills plus the desire to find her father has made her a kleptomaniac. She vies the stealing as a way of release from her life. Nick, a security guard, becomes fascinated with Emily while watching her through the surveillance cameras and when he gets in some trouble with some bad people, he goes to Emily for help. Klepto is one of those films that has a lot of ideas and themes to the point that none of them are pulled off well. The film wants to chronicle this woman's addictions but it does so with no real depth and uses her kleptomania more as a plot device than anything. The voyeuristic aspects of the film are boring and don't amount to anything. The whole father angle is toyed with but is never really examined to any degree besides just bring it up in various dialogue of the script. There are a few fun stylistic decisions where the film uses editing to harpen back to Emily's youth but really its just an idea that never amounts to much emotional depth. In the second half, the film becomes essentially a crime story and its really just boring and stale. There's really not much to like about this film. The script is pretty terrible at times, the acting while decent does have some wooden moments, and the Synth score reminded me of a shitty, uninspired version of 'Drive'. Meredith Bishop, who plays Emily, is sorta hot in a weird chubby faced sorta way I guess, so there's that. See more 03/10/2011 Awful, pointless, goes no where See more 01/09/2011 $2 bargain - a lot of effort went into this movie and it works. See more 12/15/2010 This was a low-budget effort, but it sort of works. I'm not sure that you really are made to feel sorry for the lead, but maybe that's not the intent. Nice, not so predictable ending. See more 09/08/2009 I picked this up for $3, was not expecting much and was pleasantly surprised. The compulsive shoplifter and the non professional store detective develop well in the story together. This is thankfully not just standard hollywood fare but rather something a little different. See more Read all reviews

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