Kate and Bobbie, on Brooklyn Bridge on July 4, toss a coin to decide whether they should spend the day with Kate's large family, or do something else. The film then splits, and they do both. They head into Brooklyn, wearing green, to dive into the soapy goings on with Kate's family: a senile uncle, a broken computer, a Mother who doesn't care for Bobby, whether they should tell anyone Kate is pregnant etc.. And they head into New York, wearing yellow, to deal with the consequences of having found a phone which belongs to criminals. The yellow and green stories are intercut.
Kudos to co-writers, producers and directors Scott McGehee and David Siegel for getting their movie from concept to screen. This is a good idea, nicely presented, well acted and well directed.
Unfortunately, it's also a bit boring, and this is almost certainly not helped by the fact that dialogue was improvised rather than scripted. The crime thriller story engages the attention more, but the soapy story has the lion's share of screen time, especially in the second half. And neither story is resolved particularly satisfactorily.
There was a better film to be made from this idea.
Kudos to co-writers, producers and directors Scott McGehee and David Siegel for getting their movie from concept to screen. This is a good idea, nicely presented, well acted and well directed.
Unfortunately, it's also a bit boring, and this is almost certainly not helped by the fact that dialogue was improvised rather than scripted. The crime thriller story engages the attention more, but the soapy story has the lion's share of screen time, especially in the second half. And neither story is resolved particularly satisfactorily.
There was a better film to be made from this idea.