mohamedmassoud-71470
NOVEMBER CRIMINALS- 40%
I was very excited for this movie for the amazing actors like Ansel Elgort and Chloë Grace Moretz. However, the story was average without any revealing plots or interesting rising actions. I liked how Sacha Gervasi
showed the character development, and the closure. The movie is Okay.
Story wise and execution: 9.4/35
Acting: 10/25
Camera work: 10.5/20
Sound: 9.6/20
mattbaxter72
November Criminals has been advertised as though it's a movie, but there is no way in which it really is one. For a start, there's the sheer brevity of it. Take away the opening and closing credits, and this thing is 74 minutes long. That isn't a movie, it's an extended short film. It does make up for that by feeling as though it lasts for hours. In those 74 minutes, the following actual things happen:
Boy and girl have sex, in gauzy Mills-and-Boon-o-vision.
Boy's friend is killed, off-screen.
Boy investigates friend's death, a bit.
He confronts another character, who just flat-out tells him who the killer is.
He confronts the killer, a character we haven't seen until the final 10 minutes.
He gets shot, but very slightly and he's quite all right really.That's it. All told, that amounts to about 10 minutes of things actually happening. The rest of it amounts to more bland filler than my grandma's meatloaf, with l-o-o-o-o-n-g scenes of people driving, people walking, and people having anguished conversations that go nowhere and illuminate nothing. We even get the full 3 minutes of David Bowie's 'Life On Mars' at one point. It's a good song, but those three minutes, like most of this stuff, could have been cut out very easily.The two lead actors give frankly baffling performances. Chloe Moretz is trying, at least, but her character has nothing to say and even less to do. Why she agreed to be in this is something of a mystery. As for Ansel Elgort, he gives a thoroughly charisma-free turn which is so different from his captivating, fluid performance in this year's Baby Driver that I seriously wondered if it was the same actor. There are scenes here where he stumbles around as though he's forgotten how to walk.In short (and it's worth saying again, this really was very short) there's nothing here worth anyone's time. I don't know why this thing exists. I'm pretty sure the people who made it don't know why it exists, either.
tilak
I was wondering if this even be called a full featured commercial movie. I got my answer when i explored it on IMDB. There was nothing to explore. I came to know that this is actually a direct to video movie with a very limited ,almost non existent theatrical release(Yawn!!). Actually limited release after the video release(i could not stop laughing!!)
No wonder you can imagine how bad this movie is. Even the makers knew its crap so it went direct to video.
I am confused about the genre of this alleged movie, you can call it anything you like. Its certainly not a thriller/mystery. This movie is more like a film school test movie. Even more surprising is that its based on a novel,which its certainly not. Looks like script writer just read the first few pages and filled the rest on its own. Its an insult to the novel writer. He should file a lawsuit for mentioning his name in the credits.
Biggest problem of this movie is non existent plot. To find the killer all you have to do is ask around and foolishly follow the lead. Never mind if you are dealing with dangerous drug dealers. What's the point, just go around and ask the guy," yo dude i am looking for the guy who killed my friend would you be kind enough to tell me who it is. I promise i won't tell anyone that you told me."Also the sissy guy took her girlfriend to drug dealers place who passed obscene remarks to her girl, but hey we are cool, never mind.
Did i mentioned the best part of the movie, our hero use obsolete tech gadgets. A "pager", are you kidding me, who the hell use a pager. For once i thought movie is set in nineties, until her girlfriend pulled out an Iphone. The guy used to be rich so looks like he was cutting costs. Its a big pile of crap, and lastly i would appreciate if someone could even tell me how the title is even remotely related.
