Harockerce What a beautiful movie!

Ameriatch One of the best films i have seen

Freaktana A Major Disappointment

Isbel A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.

secondtake Good Neighbors (2010)A Canadian indie thriller with spritely charm. Yup! The cast is small, the concept cute and macabre (both), and the filming and editing first rate. This is the latest installment of what is a new genre, mostly American, where a bright, lighthearted tone keeps a relatively serious theme tipped on edge the whole time. It's almost as if the filmmakers are tired of high drama movies, from true horror films to action adventure to even the moving dramas that win the awards. It's also, though, a product of budget, and making the most of small resources. "Good Neighbors" is in many ways a perfect small movie.Imagine the most common of situations--a small apartment building where two main characters each have an apartment. One is a disgruntled young woman with two sweet cats, her only real friends. The other is a charming handsome man in a wheelchair, with a cynical and mean interior. Then a newcomer arrives, all sweetness and kindness.Meanwhile, a serial killer is in the neighborhood, and the woman in particular follows the story for her own self-preservation. Because it's a tightly constructed movie you suspect that one of the three has something to do with the killings, but maybe not, as a fourth apartment dweller makes her viciousness known. This is the turning point, and things get complicated in a funny/tragic way in the last quarter of the film. As convincing as all these characters are (most of the time), there are few holes here and there. One of them is the series of crimes, and the minimal presence of the police (and rather unconvincing tough detective who looks better than he sounds for the part). In a way we're not supposed to believe or care about the crimes themselves, but in another way, the crimes become, increasingly, the whole movie. Thank goodness for the director that the Montreal police are apparently pretty relaxed about gathering evidence.Never mind the nitpicking, however. If you like the "indie" feel of movies like "Timer" or even "Juno" (which is better overall), this one will really take you in. It's a "delight" in the best sense of that word.

scoup but since I need 10 lines to write this review, here goes...Likable actors - notice I said actors and not characters. I thought Speedman was very good in "The Strangers" and that movie had some suspense.This movie was lacking direction, suspense and interest. When you read the summary, you think this sounds like a great movie. When you watch the movie, you think "how did they screw this up?" I like animals, but cats got on my nerves after watching this movie. The french speaking just felt contrived and introduced to seem more artsy.Ending - blew. No climax whatsoever. No resolution. If it was open to interpretation, I was too turned off to care.Now can someone please take the plot for this movie and make a good suspenseful one???

evanston_dad A nasty little piece of work whose nastiness left me feeling oddly exhilarated rather than turned off."Good Neighbors" brings together three American characters living together in an apartment house in Quebec, and then proceeds to drop hints -- some subtle, some less so -- suggesting that all three are to a greater or lesser extent insane. An incident involving some dead cats leads to the film's most graphic and shocking scene, and also sets up the film's finale, in which two of the characters learn something unspeakably dark about each other and form an allegiance to keep their secrets safe."Good Neighbors" does a good job of walking that tricky line that separates dark comedy from outright unpleasantness. Its saving grace is that it doesn't strive for importance or profundity, and it doesn't apologize or rationalize the twisted psychologies of its characters. Some people, the movie suggests, reach such a point of craziness that all we can do is be morbidly fascinated by it.This is a B movie with B movie intentions, and it largely succeeds on its own terms. Audiences will probably recognize the hunky Scott Speedman, whose million-watt smile is cleverly used to menacing effect, and Jay Baruchel, of "Tropic Thunder" fame, but all of the other actors, though quite good, were unknown to me.Grade: A-

Kaycobbster Okay after wanting to watch Good Neighbors for so long because my deep love for Jay Baruchel I was confused and disappointed. I am still unsure what happened with that staged murder? I mean I understand who the killer was but I don't understand where the motive was for the killer and I am confused about how Victor wasn't pinned to the murders. I guess I sound a bit all over the place but it still doesn't really add up. Was the sperm thing a flaw in the movie or was it supposed to leave you guessing? If it's intention was to leave me confused then it did it's fair share but not in a good way. I honestly wouldn't recommend it but I don't know it could be some peoples cup of tea.