Review of Sandcastles

Sandcastles (1972 TV Movie)
1/10
So let me get this straight: Everyone who reviewed this movie loved it?
9 March 2011
With all gold stars? No one thought it was ham-fisted, wannabe soap opera-ish, poorly written, acted, directed and shot? So either every reviewer before me is either a 40+ year old divorced woman with a minimum of 3 cats or 60+ year old women with 6 or more cats.

This thing is awful! I understand the gist of it, dead guys comes back to haunt a woman. But everything is else is just plain wrong. I saw this on the fox movie channel recently and I have to admit that I do love this movie.

But not for the reasons anyone else mentioned. This easily falls into the "it's so bad it's good" category of movie. Because it's Bad with a capital B. I think Jan Michael Vincent went straight to Danger Island after this. Bonnie Bedelia(sp?) good lord, I don't know if she was overacting or just plain stoned. Hershal Bernardi was um, overacting. The music is completely uncalled for, like it was made for another movie and shoe-horned into this thing.

And let me get this straight; Bonnie character gets in a car accident and Hershal's character lets her hang around his restaurant. So Bonnie does, FOR EVER. As in she doesn't leave? Shouldn't she have been taken to a hospital? Because you know, she was involved in an ACCIDENT? This movie is mind-blowing. Ly-bad. I will say though that I loved the brief shots of Sunset blvd. and La Cienega circa 1972(when Jan walks out of the bank). I think the filmmakers were doubling Sunset blvd for San Francisco.

Anyway, sure if you get the chance don't miss this movie. Because apparently you'll think it's either the best movie ever made or the worst! Oh and Gary Crosby's character; good lord! Vile.
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