It's a film that works through guilelessness and cynicism.
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10/31/08
Choose Connor (2008)
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Reviews Counted:14
Fresh:6
Rotten:8
Average Rating:5/10
Synopsis: Fifteen-year-old Owen Norris (Alex Linz) is at the top of his graduating middle-school class, has no friends and spends almost all of his time studying. But his mundane suburban life is changed... [More]
Reviews for Choose Connor
1 - 14 (sorted by date; Australian critics are listed first)
Top CriticLuke Eberl's Choose Connor is a real stunner, an unusual coming-of-age story that packs a wallop in unexpected ways.
10/17/08
Top CriticStranger things, no doubt, do happen. But ambitious, intelligent Eberl needed more mature storytelling skills to make Choose Connor seem plausible.
10/17/08
Whether or not one buys into pic's vision of government as irreversibly corrupt, the leap from the general to the specific registers as unconvincing at best.
10/16/08
Top CriticOverlong, obvious and indifferently acted.
10/10/08
Choose Connor, a jaundiced look at political power and moral turpitude, draws you in by creeping you out.
10/10/08
Top CriticAn upstart thriller about a young man's initiation into politics and life, Choose Connor is not coincidentally getting a theatrical release during an election that will likely mark an old man's exit from both politics and life.
10/09/08
At numerous points, you suspect the low-budget project has been conceived and executed by middle-schoolers.
10/08/08
For reasons that are unclear, Choose Connor seems to both court relevance and avoid it, lapsing into allegory at inopportune moments.
10/08/08
Like this election cycle, the movie leaves you cynical and weary. We've seen it all before.
10/08/08
Touches on challenging topics like political expediency versus integrity. But with an abrupt detour into tabloid scandal, how can the movie demand integrity of politicians, when it similarly ends up lacking the courage of its own convictions.
10/08/08
The ending is also note-perfect. However...it could have used perhaps a bit more restraint in some areas.
04/28/08
I wouldn’t say there’s any big life lessons being told here, but the story of Owen Norris coming of age in the harsh light of reality is intriguing stuff.
06/23/07
Has flashes of incredible maturity and complexity [but the filmmaker] still has some things to learn about the basic tenets of storytelling before he can become a quality filmmaker.
06/18/07
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