Review of Monday Morning (2012) by Abbie C — 15 Apr 2012

Segments of Monday Morning will make people make a judgment to not like the movie - whether it's the scenes or the hard truths that come out of discussions. With the group that I was with, that was the case. But the common denominator was that even those that were upset at the graphic scenes or socio-political stuff, though that the movie was poignant and powerful, and they said that they were deeply moved.

So with me, who was not turned off by the explicit scenes, Monday Morning carried quite a punch. I was nearly knocked out by the imagery and the story. Writer-director, Nat Christian lays it right in front of us, literally (and I assume deliberately) so that we don't just walk away having seen the homeless experience, we see what they go through AFTER we pass them by. What they experience at night and in the bitter cold and rain. Also, I never realized that homeless women are raped so often. He is equally as good in the role of Damn, a homeless man who is befriended by Thomas Bach, played excellently and with much passion by Victor Browne.

The idea of a right wing guy who becomes homeless and learns a few things is good. The brutal depiction of his journey is great.

It is apparent that the cast was into this movie. Jessica Spotts, Molly Kidder, Robert Axelrod, Ken Melchior, Robert Pike Daniel, Cevin Middleton - all talented and real pros at this.