Geographically Desirable (2014)
Starring: Blair Bowers, Andrew Agner-Nichols, Nic Detorie,
Felicia Gonzalez Brown, Josh Adams, Sarah Allyn Collier, Rick Kain, Connie
Bowman, Emily Morrison, Joy Nathan, Paul Fahrenkopf, Steve Ray, Molly Boyle,
Bob Hurley, Scott Gardner, Grace Buettner, Aimee Barnes, Altorro Prince Black,
Vick Krishna
Plot: A driven, overworked and sleep deprived TV News
woman's life is derailed when she inherits a house and dog in a small quirky
town.
My Review and Thoughts:
Welcome to Floyd the town where Alpacas walk the street and
home of the best grilled cheese. A place where hugs are free and the smiles are
welcoming. Everyone knows your name and friendship of strangers is the motto.
Nicole lives for work and is obsessed with work. Her whole
life is work. Her eyes are geared toward her phone. Her mind speaks work
and seems to only know work. The world is passing her by. She neglects her
family, friends and her surroundings. She punishes herself with no relaxation.
She seems to only live for one thing, her work and everyone around notices
that. Soon her uncle dies and he leaves his house to her and she visits the
town of Floyd where her Uncle lived. Her whole life is changing before her eyes. The graveyard shifts, lack of sleep, phone control and the reality she has no life all comes
together into a spiral of comedy, drama and a growing romance. The script is
written flawless. The story is something we all can become a part of, because
we are or know someone like Nicole.
Truly a wonderful acted comedy. The cast of characters shine
on screen. They become a part of you in all the odd reality of situations and
scenarios. Blair Bowers is possibly perfection when it comes to this character
of Nicole. She is flawlessly directed. She uses her skills of performing for
the viewer to experience all the true emotional and giggle inducing moments
that last after each shot.
This is a directed by a newcomer in the Cinema world. This
being his second feature film. Michael Kravinsky aced, his report card with this
film. He created a wonderful comedy romance that pleases the viewers. It tugs
at the heartstrings and also kicks the funny around. He is able to craft his
characters on screen in believable ways and the chemistry that works through
each actor is flawlessly performed and directed perfectly. The direction and
action leave the viewer wanting more. Wanting to experience everything that
cinema should be and that is what Geographically Desirable does.
Blair Bowers is beautiful and stunning and captures her
character of Nicole in a way that the viewer becomes a part of her. She is able
to hold the viewer and create a scenario that the viewer does not want to turn
away, because her character is so interesting and performed in a comical and
relatable reality. She simple owns the emotional roller-coaster of a character
that the viewer wants to experience. She is truly a shining star in this and I
hope her career takes off with flying colors, because the way she acted in
this, gives me hope that cinema has a future of brilliant actresses, and she is
one of them.
Now the character of Nicole, who works too much and does not
sleep inherits a house and a dog in a weird, odd, funny community that simply
is a setting and story by itself. The town grows on you and you become a local or at least it's a place that I would love to live. I like its peaceful small town reality. This movie builds a wonderful setting of a small town atmosphere.
Director Mike Kravinsky who also wrote this makes a film
that might sound simple but yet it flourish's into something of comical
perfection. His characters, there emotions and relationships and struggle seem
real. He is able to put a true mark of
reality of one over-working on their job and having no real life. Kravinsky showcases Nicole's reality of the graveyard shift setting and other
responsibilities all the while not really having any social life and it ends up weighing heavy on Nicole. Kravinsky reminds me
of a couple of my favorite directors, but mainly Mike Leigh, who is possibly one
of the most brilliant, emotional, comical and reality-based drama directors out
there. Kravinsky has the stamp and beauty and quality of Leigh's style and yet
the mix of pure originality in his craft.
Soon Nicole starts to experience life. The town of Floyd and
its people bring happiness and the brightness of life. The beauty of life and
the simple things in life start to give her experiences and she realizes that
work is a controlling reality, that she allows all the unnecessary distractions
of modern electronics and rush, rush, rush mentality rule her life. She realizes everything that
happiness fades by her by her own choice. The busy world atmosphere controls her and that
she slowly realizes, she is giving up so much.
The very cute and sexy Andrew Agner-Nichols plays Joe, the
small town divorced diner worker and poet who ends up taking a liking to Nicole. The
chemistry between the two of them shine. I love both of these characters.
Andrew creates a brilliant persona. He becomes Joe and the viewer ends up
liking him. I love the atmosphere of the town, the characters and all the small
town quirky reality.
Felicia Gonzalez Brown plays Abby the best friend to Nicole.
She creates a shining character that I feel we all have someone like that in
our life's. Sarah Allyn Collier plays Claire. She plays the local diner worker
wife to a comic book artist husband. I enjoyed her persona. Collier acts the
character out in a way, that we all wish we could have someone like that in our
life.
This movie has a wonderful message behind it. I think we can
all learn something from this movie. It's a wonderful comedy and mixed with a
beautiful romance setting. It’s a great drama also. I think all the characters
shine in all the emotions and personas of life's spiraling journey.
The best way to describe this movie is, it has a great feel
good reality. It has an ultimate message and also has the beauty of finding
oneself and the birth of relationships and the beginning of new horizons.
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