Very Cool!!!

Powerful

A different way of telling a story

The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

I hated this movie because Sasha Lane's acting was good enough to keep me watching in the hope that the boring story would eventually turn into something interesting but, sadly, it simply ended in the middle of yet another tedious scene. Nothing is resolved, no one learns anything. There's barely a plot at all. If the point of the movie was to represent the drab existence of poor southern kids without making any particular point about it, then it could have been summed up much faster than the 2.75 hours it took. The scenes that should have led to something interesting were just abandoned with no followup. Why did the film open with her in a relationship and watching his 2 kids. This was quickly abandoned and had nothing to do with the rest of the film. Were there no repercussions to Jake shooting up the patio of 3 men and stealing their car? And how did he even get there so fast without a car? Why did he have blood on him immediately after Star returned from her date with the man in the truck? Why were such scenes put in the movie if they had nothing to do with anything else in the film? Why were there so many excruciating scenes with the small talk and music going on as they all rode in the van? Was there a rule that the film could not be less than 2 hours and 43 minutes? The only redeeming aspect is the realistic acting of Sasha Lane. It feels like you're watching a documentary as she never appears to be acting. Unfortunately, the same cannot be said for her costars. Shia LaBeouf is always over the top. And until this film, I've always been amazed with Riley Keough's acting. She can sell a line with her eyes, a twist of her head or an inflection in her voice. But not this time. While Sasha Lane never seemed to be acting, Riley Keough delivers every line as though she's an actress delivering her lines. This was way below her usual high standard. My advice would be to watch for no more than 20 minutes just to appreciate Ms. Lane's acting. Once you get that, you can turn it off and not miss a thing.

Interesting, but great movie! I came away from it confused, but eventually came to the conclusion that It was a great movie!

Shockingly boring, repetitive, after one hour I had had enough.

I really wanted to like this film. I heard great reviews on Podcasts etc. But the moment the woman let Shia and Star in the house it became a fantasy. Rude, badly dressed street people don't get into suburban homes. We stopped watching at that point. The Star character may have been brilliant and I could really root for her as I would for anyone trying to get away from such a terrible plight. I mean no disrespect for the Director but I think she misunderstands America.