Review of Monday Morning (2012) by Rene S — 09 Apr 2012

Monday Morning will piss of some viewers due to some very graphic (and seemingly offensive) scenes. Yet they are integral to the story and flavor of this film.

The audacity of a filmmaker. That is how I would describe this this movie. Writer-director, Nat Christian paints a mural about a lover of life and women, Thomas Bach, who is about to run for the senate in Minneapolis, Minnesota, comes out to L.A. and knocked unconscious. Without a a trace of memory he wanders around with homeless people. An boy dies he. He see homeless people going to the bathroom on the streets (graphic). He does so as well. A homeless woman trades sex (graphic) for crack money and other hard to watch sequences. But this movie hit home in the right areas. Christian does not hold back as he portrays what goes on in the streets, while interlacing these images within the story of the Bach's journey. Bach is wonderfully played by actor, Victor Browne. He owns this character.

To coin a cliche - I laughed and I cried.

Yes, some of these scenes will definitely cause some viewers to be turned off to the point where it blocks the real beauty. But for me, it clicked, because it was truthful and raw.