Review of Lotoman (2011) by Jesse O — 04 Sep 2011

This movie is well intentioned and its heart is in the right place. But the reason this movie gets 2 stars instead of 2 and half (which was going to be my originator rating) is because of the acting of the little girl in the movie.

This girl is seriously the worst child actress I've ever seen, she was absolutely beyond horrendous and she brought the entire movie down to this level. It would be one thing if this girl had 2 or 3 lines during the movie, but she has substantial screen time and it just makes the movie come across as amateurish when you have such an obviously shitty actress, and you INSIST on having her on screen.

I'm convinced that this girl must have been the daughter of someone important in the cast and that's why she had such a prominent role. And it's like the rest of the cast was full of great actors, but at least they were semi-competent and compared to this little girl, the rest of the cast were clones of Daniel Day Lewis.

But again, the movie has its charms, while still derivative of other films, it, somehow, manages to have heart. None of you are ever going to see this movie, so I don't know what's the point. But again, this is a well intentioned movie with one SHITTY child actress.