Review of Struck by Lightning (2013) by Katie W — 26 May 2015

This little comedy isn't particularly funny or filled with novelty but it has its moments. Once Mister Colfer is off the screen and actually leave space for others to exist, the film manages to actually tackle a few good topics and nail some interesting scenes.

The meeting between the mom and the dad's new girlfriend in the pharmacy is quite interesting and somehow touching. The rest felt like a huge lesson of moral from a teen wanting to change the world around him.

... blah blah blah... follow your dreams and don't give up type of messages that only teens and genuinely ignorant spoiled kids are going to embrace while the rest of us have already understood that not everyone unfortunately is meant to be a singer or a writer bound to become famous.

Colfer needs to book a four years around the world trip, backpack in some crazy ass places and maybe then he'll be mature enough and ready to write a film that actually means something to the rest of us.

so far this slice of teenage rebellion filed with easy targets does not convince and runs on empty pretty quickly. So far i'm not convinced he can bring anything new to the table. the energy is there, the willingness too, but a huge lack of maturity and partiality definitely lower the whole thing down.