Natural Selection
Natural Selection
R | 13 March 2011 (USA)
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When a dutiful, albeit barren Christian housewife discovers that her devout husband has suffered a stroke at a sperm bank where he's been secretly donating his seed for the past 25 years, she leaves her sheltered world and starts off on a journey to find his eldest biological son - a mullet-headed, foul-mouthed ex-con with whom she develops an odd but meaningful relationship.

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PodBill

Just what I expected

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ShangLuda

Admirable film.

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AnhartLinkin

This story has more twists and turns than a second-rate soap opera.

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Donald Seymour

This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

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newimaginarything

You either hate anything remotely biblical, or you have the mind of a genitalia, and your highest level of consciousness is mere hormones.To think that fornicating with someone else is supposed to be beautiful or artistic or some kind of high level that can be seen only by the brilliant, you have a broken mind or you're merely a dumb beast, and I mean dumb. Even animals can have more composure, control, and fidelity.That's why women call men pigs if they are below human standard of morality, and why people are referred to as dogs, or cockroaches, or rats. Some people are like pigs, dogs, and rats, and aren't human at all.People are born as wild beasts, it takes their effort and learning and the doing that earns them the title of human, or man, or woman.You might be of the female or male gender, but that doesn't make you a human.You might have the body, but you don't have the mind or the heart or the spirit or the soul.Humans are deeds, knowledge, spirit, principles, morality, respect, honor.If you're merely emotions and sexuality, you're nothing more than a mere mindless dumb organism that reproduces.Only worse, because though being born with the heritage of aspiring to be human, you degrade yourself below your own minimum quota to be called what you were given, and actually go levels downward. Going above and beyond to be like a cancer, a plague, a disease, an abomination, a thing of disgust and horror.Even if this movie was merely a movie, if you sympathized with the main character or the story, know that there's a difference between you and an actual human.If you can't even refrain from having fornication from someone, what are you. You're a joke, a failure of will and values, who is not suitable to run his or her own life, nor to make his or her own decisions, or to be given authority to do anything, for nothing could be entrusted to such a thing, as we do not entrust such things to wild and dumb beasts.Authority, will, control, choices, that is a thing for civilized, principled, and disciplined beings.Human is an earned title.

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Armand

with many levels. and masks. because, at first sigh, it can be version of Transamerica or an usual indie. in fact, it is a touching story. about love, dreams, search of yourself and price of dreams. and its remarkable charm source is an impressive acting. exploration of character nuances, drawing of state of soul, full of adorable innocence drops. road-movie and map of transformation of two people, it is seductive discuss about life sense. so, not an ordinary movie. only a precise definition of atmosphere and wise broke of rules. a film who respires freedom. and who inspires. not moralistic but ironic. not extraordinary but interesting. not brilliant. only smart.

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poisoncupcake74

The only thing I didn't like was the ending. There is not at all one other thing unlikeable though about this film. It is amazing. I waited for over a year to see it and it is well worth the wait. Matt O'Leary is really an under-appreciated actor. When you see how talented he is you begin to wonder why he was in Sorority Row and not doing more films such as this or Frailty from when he was younger. He absolutely steals this film and Rachel Harris equally steals it back and forth throughout. The premise is that Linda is a religious but neglected wife. Her husband will not have sex with her and ignores her, so to give her life meaning when her husband is on the verge of death, she goes in search of who she believes is his son. The two develop an odd relationship that works. Unfortunately, Linda is being followed by her sisters husband who is obsessed with her and believes her to be in danger. Again, the ending left me unhappy but the acting and movie were so good that I cannot give this movie any less than a 10. It is so perfect, that even though the ending is flawed, it is still perfect. That is saying a lot. That is saying EVERYTHING.

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JustCuriosity

Robbie Pickering had its World Premiere at SXSW where it was well-received and earned several awards. It is sort of an odd film about the struggles of damaged people. Natural Selection could be described as partially a critique of fundamentalist religion, part road trip film, and part human tragedy. It is the story of Linda who is trapped in a loveless marriage. She goes on a trip looking for one thing and discovers parts of herself that she didn't know existed. The script is well-written and the film is well-acted – especially considering this is the writer/director's first feature film. The film avoids easy answers or simple judgments to complex questions. The character development for the two main characters is nuanced and provocative. In the end, the audience may be left with more questions than answers. The film seeks intended as a critique of dogmatism, but offers the viewer little in the way of alternative answers to hang on to.

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