Fivel Stewart is a star but this is not a well written or directed movie. Keiko Agena and Matt Corboy pull their weight against some bad writing but most of the supporting performances aren't good. So, if you are a Fivel fan, you'll be glad to see your girl, but she deserves better movies. High points for Fivel, low points for the production, balancing out at a 6 (fair) out of 10. {Teen drama}
The Never List
2020
Action / Drama
The Never List
2020
Action / Drama
Plot summary
After the sudden death of her best friend, a straight-A, obedient teen sets out to fulfill their secret list of outrageous acts they said they'd never do.
Uploaded by: FREEMAN
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Top cast
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High marks for Stewart, low marks for the total package
disingenuous
Stewart as an actress has potential and the story also could have had some solid beats, but this is one of those indies where most of the scenes don't ring true for one reason or another. Either the acting is off, or the editing is not quite right, or the dialog seems forced, or the sound pickup has an echo .... overall very distracting.
a wish list...
Of cute teenage drama movies is easy to make these days, because there are so many made on the bucketlist theme lately, but this film is not among them top ten. its a ''love'' lost story, where best friend dies and all thats left is their ''never list'' that displays their largest goals in life. so when the going gets tough the commemorative actions or pranks or whatever is let loose.
its a film that in many ways describes many a teenagers life, at school,at home, and when alone, a state only the 68'generation knows the real meaning of, considering facetime insta and tiktok social media time spent when the brain really hungers for peace and calm.
as a film product its the new wave fast shifting imagery and high speed editing that only multitaskers can take in, the cast shows lots of extreme beauty, and the main casts delivers very well, but where the camera motion and extreme close up panning in a way strangles you and makes the joy fade away within 30 minutes because its extremely tiring for a grumpy old man. the musical score do raise some of the negative glitches, so a listenin might be recommended.
but its a sad, gripping, but also a funny story from the junior high environment, so i will not tell people to stay away from it. its just a jungle out there to take from and the grumpy old man thinks this was a desperate try to hang on the trend. so go for it if you love it.