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In the film “Good Neighbor”, the character’s poor choices lead to a mediocre thriller


(From left) Luke Clintank and Jonathan Ries-Meyer in Good Neighbor.

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Luke Kleintank plays David, a journalist who has just moved to Latvia to work for an English-language newspaper. In the current media environment, this seems a dubious solution, but we are also told that he left a bad relationship. Soon after moving home to his new boss and editor, Grant (Bruce Davison), he meets Robert (Jonathan Rice-Mayer), an English neighbor who is eager to help when asked. When the two go to the club, David is incredibly lucky with the gorgeous blonde Jena (Eva Florence), which provokes Robert’s obvious condemnation. But after distracted and intoxicated by David, his car crashes into Jennin’s bicycle, killing him, and Robert moves forward to clear up his new friend’s crime. He agrees because the film will end if David confesses.

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ar good neighborDirector Stefan Rex is making his 2011 German film Unter Nakhbarnusing script upgrade from Strange things Actor ( Room 104 Writer and producer) Ross Partridge. But he depends on much more than his job. Joining and moving forward sometimes seems like one person I know what you did last summerin turn, a clumsy, semi-psychotic friendship in the center evokes Hitchcock’s friendship Strangers on the train. In the case of a punch and a run, David has two main options – either in disguise or in cover. However, by choosing the latter, David repeatedly puts himself in situations that threaten to expose him, which makes Robert understandably angry and, in the end, feels the need to be more proactive.

Admittedly, David was in a very difficult situation when his boss instructed him to report the blow and run the case. But to a smart journalist who allegedly makes some bad decisions that exacerbate his predicament, such as a novel with the dead girl’s sister or reports a boss’s car is stolen and then tells the boss she’s in the store. Kleintanka’s face mostly retains a neutral mask-like quality, which is effective for the protagonist, but if we think that he subconsciously sabotages himself, the film and the actor simply do not indicate it.

Maiers, on the other hand, could very well find Robert’s sympathetic side. Of course, he seems to be getting a terribly visual hybrid of Morrissey and Scott Glen, which is essentially a scary combination. But for the most part, it diminishes the importance of an image that obviously has to cross boundaries, like Jim Carrey in a film. cable technician At least until he realizes (correctly) that his personal safety is at stake. He moves uncomfortably forward just once – when he sucks David’s bleeding finger to “soak up the infection,” he immediately apologizes and then doesn’t. A free monologue at the end of the movie makes you rethink his actions, but the retriever feels undeserved. There is no justification for escalating Robert’s alleged murder situation, but David is wrong to think when they should stick together.


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Unfortunately, the film is mostly not interested in exploring their relationship as a metaphor for someone dealing with his repressed side. You’re constantly waiting for something else to happen as you move forward with David or his past, who will play the story, but it won’t happen. Positive side Rick and operator Stefan Siobeck (foresight weapons). The dark tones and brown tones of the city at night capture the scary atmosphere of life, and this is Latvia. How many times have you seen Latvia on the screen? It’s a cliché to say “she’s like a protagonist in a movie,” but at least it’s a new place.

After a strange desire for funding, good neighbor It was brought to you by Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment, whose motto will initially make any reasonable viewer expect something completely different. The only benefit your soul is likely to gain from watching this is the convincing realization that you, as the viewer, are not one of the people on the screen. Of course, that doesn’t mean you can’t enjoy the fact that they look bad. But it is separate entertainment. In the best tale tales, the protagonist does everything right and still feels suffocated. inside good neighbor David practically associates it with himself.

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