>>Uneven performances
>
>I've never seen a student film with a performance as good as
>Lohan's here. And even if you don't like what Deen is doing,
>he is giving a focused performance in his director's vision.

I didn't think Lohan's performance was particularly special. Sure, she could make herself cry, but in most of those scenes, there didn't seem to be anything real behind it. That's just my opinion though. To each his own...

If you feel up to it, peep a couple of these student films...they feature performances that dwarf anything Lindsay or anybody else did in 'The Caynons'

Gridlock
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DpPtIxpA30A

Amos
https://vimeo.com/42056193
Password: Chapman

Bean Cake
http://www.putiton.com/item/1402


Zen & The Art of Landscaping
https://vimeo.com/36130420


>> awkward framings
>
>Sure, occasionally, but there are also plenty of sequences
>that look better than most student films.


Which sequences?


>>stilted dialogue
>
>Granted.


Glad we agree on something lol.


>> bad
>>sound
>
>I didn't think the sound was nearly bad enough to call it
>"bad."


Every time they had an exterior scene, I FELT the looping deep down in my core. It was painful.


>> heavy exposition
>
>This one is odd, as there's really only one scene of
>exposition I'd call heavy and gratuitous (the psychiatrist
>scene). There's too much going on in the plot, but considering
>the motivations of some of these characters are pretty
>unspoken, I wouldn't call this an especially exposition-heavy
>film. Plenty of films have more. 2 Guns had more exposition
>this weekend alone.


You're definitely right. Exposition was the wrong choice of word. It was more so uninteresting people pontificating about absolutely nothing for long stretches of time. That goes back to the stilted dialogue. I agree that there was too much going on with the plot and about the unspoken motivations. I still feel like it was a mess.