Review of Arizona Sky (2008) by D G — 31 Dec 2008

A begrudging 3 stars for Arizona Sky. I am not sure if it was simply Eric Dean's bad acting or just a lousy overly dramatic script but I think this little 90 minutes film could have been so much better.

I am giving this the benefit of the doubt because I have no idea what it could be like to grow up in an extremely small town (even though I was raised in the country), and be uncertain of yourself and uncertain of your best friend and to carry those scars of longing as well as the shyness and naivety of youth all the way 15 years into adulthood and still act basically the same.

I suppose it is possible but come on, forJake to basically stand there emotionless while his childhood best friend literally laid all his guts out time and again and to remain so totally emotionless was just too much for me to bear.

Still, a decent performance from Jayme McCabe as Kyle and Patricia Place as his aunt balance this out to where it was watchable. The director Jeff London really needs to loosen up and let the actors act.

I think he just tried to hard to make the adult characters seem like the same people as they were when kids.