Islander
by Ian McCrudden
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Actor: Christopher Major, James Parks, Mark Kiely, Thomas Hildreth, Walter DayDirector: Ian McCrudden
Brand: 2K4 INC DBA INDICAN PI
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: Color, DVD, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 100 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2009-02-10
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Model: #00762K4D
Studio: Indican
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- On a small fishing island off the coast of Maine, families have lived and worked off the sea for generations. Everyone knows each other. Birthright is akin to law and men inherit their fishing territories. Eben Cole (Thomas Hildreth), like the other fishermen, continues his family s legacy of harvesting lobsters from the waters surrounding the island. After causing a tragic accident at sea, Eben l
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DVD Review: Pretty Film
Summary: 3 Stars
I've thought about this film for a few weeks now, and have concluded that I didn't care for it very much. I struggled with that feeling. I love independent film, the director that works very hard to make a film on a low budget, with new or unknown actors, about a beautiful location, and tries to imbue some altruistic politics into the film.
Islander has all these things. However, two things turned my feelings about this film, the story / script, and the film production.
The positive parts of this film, the location in Maine is incredibly beautiful. The subject matter, lobster men trying to eke out a living in horrible times, is wonderful. The conflict between the Island born natives and the intruding mainlanders is well described. The small man against the world is a classic theme. I would hazard to guess the director had exactly this problem getting this film made.
The weaker side of this film, the story or script was linear and predictable. Early on in the film it is clear that Eben is going to do something wrong and get in trouble. There were too many obvious hints in the first five minutes. Once the deed is done, it is not complicated to know the ending of this film after the first twenty minutes. The story was just too simple and held no mystery for me. Some of the dialog sounded unnatural.
On the film production side there were some pretty big errors. The contrast between rock steady shots and shaky handheld shots was not good. Frequently a good steady shot would be cut right next to a very wobbly hand held shot. The boating scenes were the best. The worst was the melodrama that held those on the water scenes together.
Thomas Hildreth does a decent job as the angry young man, Eben Cole. Amy Jo Johnson, as Eben's wife Cheryl transforms nicely from a caring, dutiful wife to a slut that thinks only of herself and hates her child. You may know Amy Jo Johnson as the Pink Power Ranger, or in Felicity. Philip Baker Hall, a long time television character actor, played a wise old friend of Eben's father. Overall the acting was reasonably decent.
The film is a bit long at an hour and forty minutes. Rated R, mostly for strong language. Although sexuality is listed as the second reason for the rating, I cannot remember any nude scenes. I seem to remember a brief scene with Eben and Cherly in bed, and they are clearly having sex, but I don't remember nudity.
Beautiful scenery, an independent film, good acting, flawed camera work, and a predictable story add up to a decent movie. This is a film that I feel like I've seen before in a different setting.
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