Review of Afterschool (2009) by Marcio R — 14 Sep 2016

A very, very unique peice of film and very original being by the way it was shot with beautiful cinematography, eerie editing, no score until the end credits, and the characters being mysterious making this one of Erza Miller's best performances.

His character is a troubled, confused child that loves to watch a disturbing style of pornography, and watch other video clips on the web and film things around him. He tries to capture their emotions and im guessing to try and feel what they feel, because he seems confused about how people are feeling, but yet knows what they feel at the same time.

One day he is filming a hallway and two girls are walking down the stairwell and collapse dead from a drug overdose, and this is caught on film. It was very unsettling and very well captured, his reaction is really shocking, he walks over, says nothing, and he doesn't tell anyone.

a girl walking in the stairwell heard what had happened then came up the stairs to see what had happened and had seen Erza sitting with the two, blood covered teens that had died right in his arms. The direction and script make this movie very thought provoking and I was intrigued the whole time.

This film was beautiful, and I can tell the director worked his ass off for this movie to work. It was original, beautifully shot and has a dark, uneasy feel throughout the film and I love that. I don't reccomend this movie to mainstream audiences if you already haven't seen it.

This movie was made for people who respect cinematography, tension and very, very slow but powerful acting. I really enjoyed this movie. It was weird, but in a really fantastic way. It's amazing!