Circle of Eight (2009)

The film originally seemed interesting but by the finale I started thinking perhaps there was no point.I like when films don't feel they must spoon-feed the audience information about what's happening. People are generally reasonably smart and movies claiming to be smarter often end up insufferable.However this movie was different. It didn't shove information up the audience's nose, but as the credits rolled it seemed as though the movie existed simply to appear intelligent without actually being intelligent. I'm not sure even the people who wrote this knew/decided what the story was. I only know its nothing I'd watch again

SPOILERS INCLUDED - Not that there is any plot to spoil. I want the ninety minutes ish of my life that were completely wasted back now please. I also want whoever is responsible for this tripe to be strung up by their privates in public, so the poor unsuspecting audience can throw rotten fruit at them. I've seen some stinky movies in my time but this is in a whole different league, there should be some kind of award for a movie this terrible! Please someone tell me it was intended to be a joke as there was no way to understand the pathetic plot, dead bodies or reasons for random lesbian scenes etc etc etc. No conclusion or end to the film, no point from beginning, lots of pointless padding throughout and the only reason I gave this film a "1" is because there is sadly no option to select zero or minus figures on here. The only positive I can think of is that Austin Highsmith is "Fairly" nice to look at - That is literally it. Do not watch this rubbish under any circumstances, spend the time cutting your toe nails instead - Or maybe even watching paint dry.

You know there are two types of movie watchers out there. Passive watchers who kind of just put a movie in and if the mood,day,lighting and everything is right they like it. The problem is with these people when they don;t pay attention to them a movie is "flawed" or "filled with plot holes". These are the people that, for whatever reason have short attention spans and spend more time trying to find similarities to other movies so they can call it a ripoff of something else(I mean isn't everything a ripoff of something else at this point?) then just sit back and enjoy.Then you have the second bunch of people who when they sit down to watch a movie its like a ritual to them. And they may get really into the movies they watch. They don't want to talk during or discuss the movie while its on and they're not easily distracted to begin with. I fall in the latter group as do a few reviewers here. This movie is not bad at all and it definitely doesn't deserve its low rating.I mean this isn't a cookie cutter movie, but it also doesn't take a genius to understand...just your attention span and 1 and a half hours of your life.To possible viewers, no this movie isn't flawed, it isn't a flawed mess either. Everything is right there its just up to you to put the puzzle together. If you only like movies that are cut and dry with an answer for everything then you probably won't like this.If you want to turn your mind off from the world, then this is a great flick. Don;t watch it with a bunch of friends though because it requires your attention.6 out of 10 stars is an Honest to goodness revies for this movie that I expected to be in the 5-6.5 range.

Contains Spoiler- although I still have little to no idea what this movie was about. Jessica, (farm girl who is living with the guilt of not trying her hardest to save her little brother from drowning), for no apparent reason moves to a slummy apartment in LA, with only a single box and a mirror. They make reference to the mirror immediately, and it never ties in to the movie again. Weird. The hallways are dimly lit,lesbians getting pg13 freaky in the hallways,the place is filthy, moldy food in the fridge,and her neighbors are repeatedly walking in. In the midst of the filth and chaos,she again doesn't lock the door, and decides to take a bath with the door unlocked. Scariest part of the movie right there, I couldn't be paid enough to get into that filthy tub. Her neighbor Evan walks in with a gift while she's in the tub, so she gets dressed and leaves her apartment. In the hallway, she finds a dead neighbor hanging in the hallway. She freaks out, runs outside and hysterically flags down the police, who investigate and find nothing. An hour or so after she finds the dead body, she's in Evan's apartment about to have sex with this guy she's known only for a couple of hours. I guess a dead guy hanging in the hallway wasn't enough to leave a lasting impression? As she is in the throws of passion and seemingly just fine after a traumatic event, which makes no sense. He turns her down. Sex scene definitely not in this budget. So the movie aimlessly drags on and on this way. It's only evident that everyone but her knows what's going on, and that this cycle of events has occurred thousands of times. I waited until the last minute to find out what this movie was about. Never did. I would definitely not suggest this movie to anyone, unless your goal is to cure your insomnia.