99 Homes (2015)

There's no better experience for me then discovering a film with no expectation or background and being blown away. Stunning knock out performances by the leads in this movie puts this on my short list of "best movies nobody's heard of". If you've ever wondered what all the fuss is about Andrew Garfield this film answers the question. And Shannon delivers another brilliantly seductive and intense performance that is solidifying his place as Hollywood's next generation of great actors. Convincing, complex and initially low key, '99 Homes' is about real people and events which often means heavy doses of irony and over moralizing. However, the slower pacing and deliberate and nuanced development in the characters avoids the usual tropes and makes for a sharp, thoughtful and fulfilling exploration of human nature.

The Trivia says this movie is based on a true story, it is heartbreaking that greedy people would exploit people who have financial troubles.The performances are very emotional and natural, the pacing is perfect, 99 Homes story line doesn't really go anywhere but it is still interesting to watch and has you wondering what "Nash" (Andrew Garfield) is going to do next. We find out a lot later on in the movie that him working for that corrupt so-called businessman "Carver" (Michael Shannon) was all done in vain due to "Nash's" mother and son walking out on him and not being interested in the new flashy house that "Nash" brought them.The film tries to get viewers to have sympathy for "Nash" and up to a point we should sympathise with him, but the sympathy should stop as soon as "Nash" starts working for "Carver" and on top of that "Nash" lies to his mother "Lynn" (Laura Dern) and she has to find out what he's doing via a massive shouting match between "Nash" and another guy that "Nash" evicted.It is good that the corrupt businessman got exposed, but all that "Nash" had to do was go back to court and see the judge as soon as possible with his lawyer and once they find out that the judge did not sign the papers of them having to vacate their home that soon, then the corrupt businessman would have been exposed, in the film he got exposed when someone nearly got shot, all that heartache and anger could have been prevented had one of the many victims of "Carver" followed up the issue with their lawyer and saw a judge.99 Homes is worth watching, once at least, there's no glamour (except for a flashy party scene) it's all very down to earth.We see that "Nash" is trying at first to find honest work and he just can't find any, well that is still no excuse to go into the world of corruption and thievery. We see that "Nash" doesn't feel right about working for "Carver" at times, but he ignores his conscience. Bottom line he should have listened to his conscience, him getting in deeper working for "Carver" resulted in "Nash" losing his mother and son (possible temporarily) and ending up in jail."Nash" had other choices, he could have temporarily gone on welfare (due to him being a single father) while still looking for work and if he'd have gone to see his lawyer they would have got their house back.They also had the other option of staying with the mother's brother in Florida or wherever it was, but "Nash" didn't want to uproot the child. They had plenty of options to do the right thing, but "Nash" did the wrong thing while withholding important information from his family. Also getting money quick brings greed out in some people and "Nash" ends up becoming just like "Carver", they both have to look over their shoulders everyday as well as kicking people out of their homes unjustly. One of the most emotional scenes is when "Nash" kindly tells a family to move their belongs to the kerb (kicking them to the kerb, it doesn't get anymore humiliating than that.)It all started from debt, we find out "Nash" borrowed money from the bank to buy expensive tools so he could work, hence him paying the bank back every month, hence missing payments on the rent/or mortgage. Getting into debt is never a good idea, "Nash" could have rented tools until he could afford to buy them without getting into debt, it doesn't seem that his mother's job brought in a lot of money either.We see "Nash" make one bad choice after another. Watching this movie will hopefully have you being grateful that you have a home and no financial troubles.

So guy gets evicted. I'm ALREADY against the guy because a) he couldn't pay off his mortgage, meaning myself has to pay for this guy via my tax dollars and b) he has a kid, which in his financial means he has ZERO business doing.So he lives with his Mom and kid. Whatever. They get evicted, Andrew Garfield's character ends up working for the guy, who is not so straight as he seems. I personally love this. America was founded on a cut throat mentality. Sure this is illegal and not as straight as 'The Founder' but whatever.So the whole thing ends with him selling his old house (that they got evicted from) and buying a new one with a pool, BBall court, and a giant huge area. His Mom starts freaking out about how she wants the original house and the KID SIDES WITH THE F'ING MOM!? ARE YOU KIDDING ME!? Look I and many friends got moved out of our house when we were 8. If I got a stupid pool, BBALL court, and GIANT house overlooking a lake I'd tell my grandmother to F off, and my grandmothers (both of them) weren't stupid enough to whine and B about some stupid trivial house that some dead guy built.Whole film started out interesting, but I literally closed the movie the last 10 minutes and felt I'd been raped. What a pathetic film. 6/10 for the start... -2 out of 10 for the ending, giving this a 2. Save your time.

Its at a budget loss. how can that be?! Shows you what the American (and Global) audience wants; some trivial tripe rather than something meaningful like this film.Can't reiterate enough, the acting was superb from both main characters.Yes, there are some flaws: iPhone 5 in 2008, a bit dull at times, felt too long. but art imitates life: we make mistakes in life, life is dull and it definitely feels long sometimes.But overall the movie is great felt more like a well-researched M. Moore documentary. And Shows you how Murica is going to become under an all-repub government.Good luck to us all.