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Uncertain Terms2014
Needing a sudden escape from the city, Robbie flees Brooklyn for the countryside to stay with his aunt who runs a home for pregnant teenagers. As the only man in the house, Robbie inadvertently becomes the object of the girls' attention... and affection. He eventually meets Nina, who is mature beyond her age and struggling with relationship troubles of her own. The more Robbie and Nina get to know each other, the more "complicated" their friendship becomes, stirring up jealously among the girls. In trying to save Nina from making the biggest mistake of her life, Robbie gets caught in a love triangle between Nina and her delinquent baby daddy, Chase.
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"Silver continues to tend a genre nearly of his own creation: the farce as survey of micro-American habit." - Chuck Bowen, Keyframe
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Slice-of-life "New Yorker" magazine short - story kind of movie. Left unresolved at the end, which only heightens the mood of the various characters' uncertainty over which pathways to take at their lives' crossroads….
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- David Dahlbom - Robbie
- Adinah Dancyger - Brandi
- Casey Drogin - Chase
- Hannah Gross - Cammy
- Tallie Medel - Jean
- Caitlin Mehner - Mona
- India Menuez - Nina
- Gina Piersanti - Charlie
- Cindy Silver - Carla
- Nathan Silver - Lenny
- Louise Yanofsky - Ann Silver
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Member Reviews (8)
top reviewer
Excellent theme let down by a limp cliché ridden script.
2 members like this review
Slice-of-life "New Yorker" magazine short - story kind of movie. Left unresolved at the end, which only heightens the mood of the various characters' uncertainty over which pathways to take at their lives' crossroads….
2 members like this review
There's no need to comment on the ending of a film when you're posting a review.
I found nothing in this film of interest
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WEAK ACTORS, THE STORY LINE NEVER MATURED JUST LIKE IT'S CAST..IT HAD SCENES THAT BUILD UP THEN PLATEAUED, WHY ATTEMPT SUSPENSE WHEN EVERY PREDICAMENT APPEARED SHORT LIVED AND BLAND
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Some fascinating moments early on gives the promise of inventive storytelling, but it slowly shows itself to be as strictly formulaic as any Michael Bay movie.
top reviewer
Silver's most formally accomplished film thus far in his career is also the result of his least narrative and thematically accomplished.
It's reasonably well-made, reasonably well-acted and the emotions driving the characters well-defined. And perhaps that's why this film didn't resonate with me as much as it could have. I felt as though I had seen this all before, although admittedly not in this exact manner. Still, a good, albeit slow-paced, drama and anyone intrigued by the description will probably enjoy it sufficiently.
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