I cannot think of one single thing that I would change about this film. The acting is incomparable, the directing deft, and the writing poignantly brilliant.

This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.

Strong acting helps the film overcome an uncertain premise and create characters that hold our attention absolutely.

Blistering performances.

It's a small non-descript town. Martha (Debbie Doebereiner) is middle age, works with her best friend 20something Kyle (Dustin James Ashley) in a doll factory, and takes care of her father. They live boring unimpressive lives. Young Rose (Misty Wilkins) starts a new job at the factory, and is befriended by Kyle and Martha. Rose is a single mom to 2 year old Jesse and wants to leave this boring town. Rose hires Martha to babysit her daughter for a night. It turns out that Rose is going out with Kyle on a date. Rose steals Kyle's money. She goes home and Jesse's daddy Jake barges in accusing her of stealing his weed and money. Martha is shocked and Rose is angry. The next morning, Rose is dead strangled in her home. Detective Don Taylor investigates interviewing Jake, Kyle and Martha.This is basically an indie shot by an expert Steven Soderbergh. I guess he's trying to give this a feel of realism by using non-actors in the roles. The dialog is weak. It is very aimless for the first half. The acting is sometimes lifeless which is expected from these regular folks. Although Debbie Doebereiner has a good energy about her. She could be an interesting actress if she wants to. Dustin James Ashley mumbles way too much. This is an interesting exercise. At least, it showed me that acting matters. Also real people doesn't automatically make it realistic.

This is a movie that shows what cinema is all about. Simple scenes with simple dialogs, but sharp analyzing images and thought-provoking touches that shows Soderberghs genius. I think this movie is near perfect. The story seems superficial but it isn't. There is so much to say about the deeper focus, the underlying tension, the catharsis that I need to work on my English for a few months. Sorry about that. I just wanted to express my deepest appreciation. The way Soderbergh sets out the drama is of pure craftsmanship. He only lets his character say a few lines which say it all. The 2 main characters are one of the best performances I saw in my life.Watch this movie, especially on blu-ray.

I hate to be the one that breaks it to you...but your film sucks ***. But you are a smart guy, you already know that. It might find a home on you tube, maybe, but you will be competing with a thousand middle school and high school students who went out and bought a DV cam to shoot some self serving verite footage of their uber banal youth. But then again, you better not post it, you don't want to find that 'my day working at the vending machine factory' gets 5X more views than your piece. That might explode the bubble masquerading as your head. (I know, you already beat us to the 'exploding the bubble' pun in your special features, but I though you might be able to use my extended metaphor somewhere else. Feel free to use it; think of it as a sort of public domain thing.)

This is a pretty good movie. The minimal and familiar plot structure is used more as an attempt to let non-actors create their own character development. Steven Soderbergh's directing keeps it moving and appealing, even when the dialog falls into the kind of stuff that even the people talking about it stop listening to. It's almost like a proto-neo-realist work, spending more time focusing on the relatively humble surroundings and characters than really making a point about anything.I give huge kudos to the actors and a few nods to the directing. This movie is much more likely to just be known as a failed experiment in releasing in theatres, television, and on DVD at the same time than it is for its more compelling aspects. I don't mind having watched it, but I can't really see remembering it for some time.--PolarisDiB