A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints (2006)
- Starring:
- Robert Downey, Jr., Shia LaBeouf, (more)
- Director(s):
- Dito Montiel
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- R
- Category:
- Drama
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5 out of 5 people found this review helpful This movie is not for someone who needs the fast-paced entertainment of mainstream hyped-up films. It requires you to think, stay the course, and appreciate the writer/director's message. I thought ... Read More This movie is not for someone who needs the fast-paced entertainment of mainstream hyped-up films. It requires you to think, stay the course, and appreciate the writer/director's message. I thought it was an excellent first film for a director, and the acting was well executed. Close this Review WAS THIS REVIEW HELPFUL? Yes | No | ||
3 out of 3 people found this review helpful Any one of the actors in this film would be proud to list it on their resume. Absolutely suberb acting. It is true this movie is a bit slow at first. But, all great movies are carefully crafted to ... Read More Any one of the actors in this film would be proud to list it on their resume. Absolutely suberb acting. It is true this movie is a bit slow at first. But, all great movies are carefully crafted to open up layers gradually revealing the truth and the message. I would watch this film again and again. What a wonderful cast!!! The directions is real and masterful. The film is a visual feast even though it is set in a tacky burrow of New York of the 70's. Great selections of background misic clips too. Close this Review WAS THIS REVIEW HELPFUL? Yes | No | ||
1 out of 1 people found this review helpful Dito's own story - Robert Downey Jr does (his real life friend from back then) well in playing Dito. Amazing job. Chazz Palminteri as Ditto's father again was just amazing. Great peformances in a ... Read More Dito's own story - Robert Downey Jr does (his real life friend from back then) well in playing Dito. Amazing job. Chazz Palminteri as Ditto's father again was just amazing. Great peformances in a small story with a large message. I hope there is more to come from Dito. Close this Review WAS THIS REVIEW HELPFUL? Yes | No | ||
1 out of 1 people found this review helpful It positively crackles with energy, featuring startlingly raw performances from Shia LaBeouf as the young Dito, and Channing Tatum as Young Antonio. A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints is a lively, ... Read More It positively crackles with energy, featuring startlingly raw performances from Shia LaBeouf as the young Dito, and Channing Tatum as Young Antonio. A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints is a lively, powerful coming-of-age tale with winning performances and sharp direction from first-timer Dito Montiel which makes this small overlooked film into a big hearted breathtaking movie for everyone. Close this Review WAS THIS REVIEW HELPFUL? Yes | No | ||
5 out of 8 people found this review helpful Not my story despite growing up in Queens (40 years earlier!) but what a story it is. Dito is the one who gets away, but his deep confusion and grief is not that he escaped the depicted life in all ... Read More Not my story despite growing up in Queens (40 years earlier!) but what a story it is. Dito is the one who gets away, but his deep confusion and grief is not that he escaped the depicted life in all its terribleness, but that he left. He left every one and every thing. What that means to be the leaver, the abandoner, the escapee. Downey is incredible. Understated, generous to his fellow actors letting their screen time shine as brightly as they could. Cast is flawless. Never expected this to be so moving and so haunting. Absolutely adored it. Close this Review WAS THIS REVIEW HELPFUL? Yes | No | ||
0 out of 1 people found this review helpful Shai Lebeouf (sp?) was good but didn't seem to fit the role he was playing. Robert Downey was good. It was like a waste of film though. Good actors doing nothing worthwhile. I want to say the movie ... Read More Shai Lebeouf (sp?) was good but didn't seem to fit the role he was playing. Robert Downey was good. It was like a waste of film though. Good actors doing nothing worthwhile. I want to say the movie stunk but I think good actors deserve some kind of credit! Close this Review WAS THIS REVIEW HELPFUL? Yes | No | ||
2 out of 9 people found this review helpful This was a really bad movie. If you like hearing the F word 12 times a minute you might enjoy it. The whole plot could have been done in 15 min. I did not even watch the middle it was just to ... Read More This was a really bad movie. If you like hearing the F word 12 times a minute you might enjoy it. The whole plot could have been done in 15 min. I did not even watch the middle it was just to boring. Close this Review WAS THIS REVIEW HELPFUL? Yes | No |
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