Exhibit A (2007)

I am a fan of found footage movies but this isn't one of them. I found it to be tedious, so much so that I found the shaky camera thing that is the deal with this movies to be as incredibly irritating as the actors themselves, specifically the father.While I realize that this genre involves the use of hand held cameras in a pseudo documentary style, there is often little rational as to why the actors would feel the need to document what they do. Specifically in this case. Why would the daughter and then the father feel the need to document the disintegration of their lives? Just not at all plausible to me.I guess some like it but again it was a tedious bore for me and like my title says, I saw the end coming much too soon to make the film even remotely interesting.

Just watched this movie and all I have to say is. This family is perfect for Jerry Springer! 95% of the movie just arguing and fighting and bitching... Non stop! If I wanted to see this I have plenty of option on television to do so. In the end is the daughter still alive? She's clearly breathing into the camera. And what happened to the father? We wait all movie long to see something and it cuts off without even showing what happened to him!!Hate when movies just cut out and ends! How original!If I could make a recommendation I would suggest you watch "Home Movie" 2008 instead!

Exhibit A is another found footage film, but this time it decides to portray a terrifying drama rather than a horror. Judith has just received a video camera from her father, who accidentally broke her camera. She becomes a voyeur of everyday life involving her painfully lovey dovey family. With a promotion on the cards for her father, the family seem to be on the up and up. As the film progresses we see sudden changes in the father who seems to be hiding something from his wife and kids. Exhibit A is a fantastic film, and really thrusts you into the life of this family. As the tension mounts a number of key scenes give off all the emotional strain, terror, and awkwardness you would expect as an observer. In one moment we see the father and two children playfully try and capture a goof for You've Been Framed, as the son continuously fails to make the stunt looks realistic, the fun playful game soon infuriates the dad and when his anger explodes it's a truly horrifying moment. The film is a success because it seems so real. You hear about similar stories unfortunately often in the press. The final scene just shows how dedicated these actors are. Maintaining such a draining performance for such an extended take is to be highly commended. Not an enjoyable nor easy watch, but a very involving and affecting one.

A video camera is found at a scene of a crime. The content of the camera is the actual film we're watching.A teenage girl gets a video camera as a present from her very jolly dad. As she starts playing around with her new toy and documenting her life, we begin to get an insight into her family life. We slowly watch her father unravel as we begin to understand the situation he is in. He has lied to his family about his work situation and his finances. We watch him digging himself deeper and deeper into his evolving nightmare (an attempt at a pool is the visual metaphor of his downfall).Very powerful performance from the actor playing the father. The performances around him help build up a solid film - edgy, inventive and daring. The visual style of the film (we see everything told from the point of view of the video camera), pays off, especially in the final, very daring scene.This film does not make for easy viewing. It is however very rewarding.