Jan 20, 2009
Posted by Scott in Review, Sundance 2009 | 3 comments
Sundance Review: ‘Don’t Let Me Drown’
Another one of the movies at the top of my must see list, and another letdown. I am not saying that the movie was bad, because it wasn’t. It just isn’t anything new, its more of the same urban teen drama but this time its placed a month after 9/11.
Honestly, this movie was decent but very forgettable, so much so that I really cant bring myself to write up a full review of it. If you like movies about teen urban drama’s then you will probably like this one as well.
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 5
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I disagree! This is a story that stays with you. I agree that the plot and/or characters would seem cliche (before watching), but I feel this is such a humanistic and real portayal of a beautiful New York story.
Romero and Juliet, West Side Story and now Don’t let me Drown. I hope this filmmaker has a chance to reedit this film. Parts were very good – especially the teen love story. However, other parts really detracted from the film. The two Dominican men were very stereotypical and the stereotype was offensive. While the Mexican American family was played with a lot of nuances, the script had the Dominican family cast as cardboard characters. One Dominican male was a pervert and the other did nothing but lounge around and then scream, yell and beat up folks. Also, not every janitor or janitor’s son is stupid – if there is a reedit this film would benefit from a clean up of language and more nuanced performances on the part of Stephanie’s family. The excessive use of low brow language and the lack of intelligent conversations in the Dominican family almost crippled the film.