The film makes a home in your brain and the only cure is to see it again.

The film creates a perfect balance between action and depth of basic needs, in the midst of an infertile atmosphere.

Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.

It's simply great fun, a winsome film and an occasionally over-the-top luxury fantasy that never flags.

Although I was raised a Baptist, I no longer consider myself to be religious. Not that I have a problem with religion; saying I am not religious has about the same value for me as saying I am not blond. I do not imply I have a problems with blonds. That said, I HATE being proselytized to. I had heard that this was a great movie, but I was a bit nervous about the title. Many movies justify their glamorized portrayal of the drug world by trying to counter-balance with some well-meaning but tiresome preaching of the evils of drugs. It's like the director wants to have his/her cake and eat it too, showing "the good stuff" that sells movies while saving face with the parents of the movie's viewers. BOY, was I wrong to ever suspect any kind of phony, preachy B.S. in this movie. The closest thing I have to a religion is my honesty, which I cling to as dearly as a family jewel. Therefore, when I say this is the most honest film I have ever seen, I mean it. I cannot reveal the real reason the movie is called "Acts of Worship" without spoiling the ending. But I can say without reservation that this is the most remarkable, believable and honest film about the drug world I have ever seen. I have seen many of the genre: "Requiem for a Dream", "Trainspotting", "Traffic", "Drugstore Cowboy", and countless others. Watching this movie was in and of itself like an "act of worship", because my reverence for honesty in film-making was so profoundly embraced. Thank you Rosemary, Ana and Michael, for giving me this gift.P.S. Michael, I thought it totally sucked when The West Wing did not keep the Angela character. I was glad to finally see a believable character on my favorite show. Please come back!

I believe this was a marvelous accomplishment which brought out the truth of living on the streets. Rosemary Rodriguez experienced it so, no one can say that this is cliché. Not even in relating it to other films in this genre. Alix's character is a drug addict right? but we believe her to have a grasp over it. that she is more than the addiction. this is partly true. like the director said, "there's humanity in everyone one of them". our belief at this point is predetermined but vanishes with change. with her willingness to stay clean being severed by the acts of her conscious temptations and every junkie around her. we believe her to live two lives. a straight life and a drugged up life. as in when she's playing with louie. kinda carefree, laughing. she, for the most part, separates herself from it, from the addiction, but she still has that guilt like when digna takes her picture with louie. even when she runs away from dignas place and pretends that she's clean around her friends, shooting them off and swearing at them. then, a day later she's back into her fix. that doesn't happen a whole lot in other films. Wonderful cinematography and great performances that make this film very believable. This film is very vivid and blunt with the characters addictions. It makes you cringe just seeing it. surely surreal. i like the directors use of narration from the main character's point of view or the non-verbal narration through what the character may be experiencing in their mind. What's the difference between reality and fallibility. But there's a good plot structure so it's not just random. not predictable. sure as heck not. One event stirs off the next. there's a sense of serenity that the characters meet up with and it's interesting how you seem slip out of it once again. some of it real serenity, some of it false. real heart wrenching. makes you feel for people who get involved with drugs and alcohol. how you're not only responsible for yourself but others. makes you investigate your own crutches. makes you examine your own life. yup. so anyways. Go out and rent it today!

I can't really say that I enjoyed this movie, considering the subject nature...but it did make me think, and most importantly, feel.Alix and Digna seem like two totally different people. Alix is a drug addict. She lives on the streets of NYC and lives a daily life of finding money and a fix and a place to sleep - in that order, often doing shady things to accomplish them. Digna is a successful photographer who has a great boyfriend, a nice apartment and seems to be rapidly advancing through her career.Digna lives next door to someone that Alix gets high with and they know each other on a first-name basis. Soon, they both end up entering each other's worlds, and finding out just how similar their lives really are.I feel like many of the scenes in this film are very realistic, especially the scenes of Alix on the street and how she lives her daily life. I think Ana Reeder did a great job in those scenes, and must have done quite a bit of research before playing this role.I felt a little different regarding Michael Hyatt (Digna). Some of the scenes seemed a little shallow as far as acting - not enough depth into the character. I don't think this was mostly her fault though, I think the script could have been better in some places, such as the scenes with Digna and her boyfriend, Anthony (Nestor Rodriquez). I didn't feel like they were much of a loving couple, just kind of bland and blah.All in all though, this film is a very refreshing change from the over-acted, over-produced, high budget dramas that are out there. The movement of the camera and angles made this film seem like you were watching a documentary at times - which to me, is a good thing. I applaud the director, Rosemary Rodriquez, for taking a step to make this film. She mentions in the featurette on the DVD that she didn't want to glamorize drug addiction but show it for what it really is. She did a great job.I felt like there was so much beauty in the scenes of the film - I love watching the streets of NYC, however, what goes on isn't always beautiful. Very tragic. Rosemary Rodriquez has helped us to see humanity on the streets.

This is the autobiographical story of a young girl who gets hooked on crack and worse. At times this is an incredibly painful film to watch as we go through what it takes to live on the street and to get enough money to get that days fix. The performances are more often than not right on and the film can carry you along in rather unpleasant ways. The trouble is that as good as the film is it can, at times, come off clichéd. This is not the first film to depict life of an addict and so some of it seems like we've seen it all before. The film making is at times too polished and it grinds against the grittiness of the story.My rating of 6 out of 10 might be a bit low. Intitally I was more up with the film, however in reading on the film I cam across a few negative reviews and my thoughts of the film have been undergoing a revision due to valid points that were made. Still I recommend the film to anyone who likes real life stories, or independent film making.