A different way of telling a story

a film so unique, intoxicating and bizarre that it not only demands another viewing, but is also forgivable as a satirical comedy where the jokes eventually take the back seat.

This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.

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

With its stylish cinematography and labyrinthine plot The Frontier is up there as one of the best of the bygone era of intentionally slow paced, suspenseful, well crafted film making. If you miss the films of yesteryear, the ones that had grit, character and an aesthetic sensibility, then you are going to want to see The Frontier. This film has all of that and then some.Director Oren Shai takes you in to a dreamy, shadowy world that looks a lot like the covers of the hard-boiled pulp novels of the 50's and 60's. Every shot is gorgeously cinematic and my favorite thing about this movie is how much space Shai gives the viewer just to observe and revel in moments between the dialogue. The story is told as much through a frame on a characters face with a certain look in their eye, or a shot of landscape that portrays the remote emptiness they are surrounded by, as it is by its clever sharp-tongued dialogue. A haunting score adds to the richness of the visuals as well.I won't give too much away about the plot, but the story centers around Laine (exquisitely played by Jocelin Donahue) who we don't know much about except that she's a girl on the run. Where she came from or where she's going nobody knows. All we know is that she stumbles upon a kooky set of misfit thieves, awaiting their loot in a dusty motel in the desert, and she seems to be trying to escape danger but has landed in to something that could be far worse. But the heroine is up to tricks of her own and soon we can't tell if she's the one in trouble or the one making it. The plot that starts off steady and cool, quickly becomes a roller coaster ride of twisty turns, girls with guns, double crossing, triple crossing and good guys gone bad, bad guys gone even worse. It's great fun to watch and just when you think you know what's happening, you're on to another jaw-dropping scenario.All in all, it's very entertaining but also a great piece art. I'm very happy to have discovered this hidden gem and I highly recommend!

The Plot.Laine, a young woman on the run from the law, turns up at the Frontier, an isolated desert diner and motel. She is offered a job by Luanne, the owner, and, hoping to lose herself in the obscurity of the place, accepts the job. But soon Laine realizes she has stumbled into an even bigger and more dangerous situation. Firstly, i like the Twin Peaks look of the film. But it's very slow and the female lead is not a particularly good actress. She brings the movie down.The dialog is second rate. It's hard to emulate Lynch because he's genuinely quirky and knows how to make it work. In fact, the more I watched this film, the more I felt it was just a Lynch rip off thank anything else.

Laine is on the run from the law.turning up at the Frontier, an isolated desert diner and motel, she is offered a job by Luanne, the owner, and, hoping to lose herself in the obscurity of the place, accepts the job. But soon Laine realises she has stumbled into an even bigger and more dangerous situation, with the most eclectic and bizarre of clientele........The frontier is a really odd film that cannot decide what genre it belongs in. Is it a Western? It sure has the setting and the elements to place it in that genre, but the surrounding narrative almost turns the film into some sort of hazy fantasy where nothing is what is seems.This turns the film into something a little Lynchian, as when we are in the titular eatery with our bizarre group, it almost feels like its riffing on Twin Peaks, but not as bonkers or as clued up as that masterpiece.All the characters have these strange traits that are nothing more than maundering when it comes to the third act. The film questions if Laine is in some sort of purgatory, because it feels like she cannot leave the place, much like everyone else, but it isn't properly explained, and this is where it starts to feel like Identity, an equally unnecessarily baffling film about people stuck in a place, which also has a disappointing ending.It's never really clear what time the film is set. I thought at first it was in the present, but halfway through the film, a character spins a yarn about Hollywood, placing it firmly in the forties, but this is never confirmed, again suggesting the film has some sort of afterlife feel to it.The conclusion is as disappointing and baffling as the previous ninety minutes, and despite the good intentions of the cast, whom all put in decent performances, it just adds up to nothing and ends with a 'what was that all about then' rather than a nicely wrapped up conclusion.

I just finished watching this, I gave it a 7 due to the great way they filmed this, you swear it's a film made and set in the 70's, the grainy look, the set, the music, everything even down to the 70's kinda storyline, cars and clothing, extremely well done, even at the end the music score sounds if it's from the 70's.Nothing new as yeah everything has been sort of done, but the cast is solid, simple but effective story line, but a rare sort of film that fools you thinking its years old.7 out of 10And here is some text so IMDb will publish my short review.