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Actors: Robert DiPatri, Eion Bailey, Carmen Llywellyn, Brian Lynch
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about A Better Place |
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From executive producers Kevin Smith and Scott Mosier (“Good Will Hunting”) and first-time director Vincent Pereira, the unofficial View Askew (“Clerks”, “Chasing Amy”, “Dogma”) “historian”, comes this tense independent drama. After his father dies in a freak accident, Barret Michaelson (Robert DiPatri) and his mother relocate to New Jersey. On the first day at his new high school, Barret is harassed, mocked and almost physically attacked by a trio of bullies. Reclusive Ryan Walker (Eion Bailey) intervenes and a friendship rapidly develops. While Ryan is exceptionally bright, he is also tremendously disturbed, hailing from a dysfunctional family with a sordid history. Barret slowly begins to fret when Ryan's seemingly harmless philosophical discussions turn into increasingly sadistic rages. When Barret chooses to befriend the classmates Ryan scorns so much, threatened Ryan goes ballistic and desperately tries to draw Barret into hatred and violence.
--Tara Dugan, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of A Better Place |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Time/era of movie:
- 1980's-1999
Kids growing up/acting up?
Yes
Kids:
- committing crimes
Age group
- trouble in high school
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- student
Age:
- a teen
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- (man) average
Events of movie makes character more...
- sensitive
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor?
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- a teen
Profession/status:
- student
Eccentric:
Yes
- wild
- mentally ill
- emotionally unstable
- deluded
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 90%-100%
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard wavey
Body type
- (man) average
unclothed?
- chest
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- Northeast
Small town?
Yes
Small town people:
- sinister, like an X-Files Gomer Pyle
Misc setting
- school
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- explicit references to deaths
Movie makes you feel...
- all mixed up
Any profanity?
- A huge amnt of foul language
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