BroadcastChic Excellent, a Must See

Lidia Draper Great example of an old-fashioned, pure-at-heart escapist event movie that doesn't pretend to be anything that it's not and has boat loads of fun being its own ludicrous self.

Mandeep Tyson The acting in this movie is really good.

Roxie The thing I enjoyed most about the film is the fact that it doesn't shy away from being a super-sized-cliche;

early106 This movie is plain and simple an "okay" movie. It's nothing special, but nothing terrible, furthermore it succeeds in places, and drastically fails in others. For starters I'll talk about the main character "Jenny". I could easily see from the beginning of the movie, what the desired effect for the character was, it was the clichéd innocent little girl with an evil twist. And to be honest I got bored with it. I can't tell whether the girls acting was terrible or whether it was the character. I felt no emotion towards any other characters and it can be seen that little time was spent on creating them. The character of Jennys tutor, "Tom" was played by a relatively unknown actor and wasn't that bad, just too simplistic. The grandmother was the only good acting in the film to be honest. Don't even get me started on the character of "George". George is a six foot tall monster that follows Jenny as she does her duty. I think George was created to add some form of horror and mystery into an otherwise dull plot. The morals shown by the main protagonist are so corrupt and predictable, it made me ask the question. "If this girl is so intelligent and all knowing why does she succumb to the things she does?" It made no sense, the director obviously just wanted to add some moral value into the flick, trying to get a reaction, which failed. Is this movie a black comedy, well, it tries to be. One good thing Is the placement of the repetitive music, yes some music was played over and over, but they were used brilliantly. The direction wasn't terrible either. It could have been something great with a better lead actor, and better scriptwriting. All in all 6/10.

tedg Sometimes a movie is simple but done well. This is the opposite.It seems to have been shot in a weekend with pickup players except for the girl who was obviously selected for her face. Superficially, it is a giallo, with explicit murders, usually with knives. Like a traditional giallo, sex plays a role, though here is it the strangely handled awakening of a young teen. But, like with Argento projects, there is a deliberate attempt at complex narrative structure.The mystery is not in discovering the answer at the end of the story, but the shape of the question.The thing is framed by our girl telling the story of Red Riding Hood to her grandmother in bed, "as the wolf would tell it."That is nested above and below some detailed discussion of "Don Qixote" from the girl to her tutor, who she adores. We are told about the honor and the fictional world of the guy. She lets him and us know she is Qixote.The story we see weaves among these. Basically, she prowls the streets of Rome, where she lives alone, and kills people she thinks do not deserve to live. There are drills, nailguns and stuff typical of the referenced genre. In each case, she does not do any of the violence, her companion does. His name is George. He wears the same outfit: black cape, red shoes, and follows her bike on his. But he is six feet tall and wears a stylized wolf mask. He is the violent one.There are events, but they matter not at all except to sustain this structure. There is also a backstory to help it make some sort of sense: her father was a crusading Washington politician murdered in public by a young girl. Her mother — who we never see — was cheating with a younger guy and abandoned her.The daughter somehow ends up living alone in Rome with money and profound cleverness. Her Grandmother comes to take her back to New York. The grandmother is a famous stage actress, allowing some talk about the nature of performance. Some movies are mentioned, others are referenced. It seems essential to the genre that these ideas which can be deep are handled in the most superficial way, as a preteen girl would.Ted's Evaluation -- 2 of 3: Has some interesting elements.

BlackSox1919 A very imaginative and enjoyable film that suffers mostly from inexperienced actors trying to deliver stilted dialogue. The influences of Fellini and Dario Argento are fairly naked, but the story is unique enough to keep it from coming off like a pale imitation. Ostensibly the tale of a young girl left to her own devices in Rome after the death of her father and abandonment by her mother, the story concerns both the girl's obsession with punishing wrongdoers (a woman she sees steal a bottle of wine, her adulterous dentist) and the way she deals with her grandmother who has come to take her back to New York. There are some truly squirm-inducing moments as the girl brutally deals with the world around her, and a not-so-surprising "twist" at the end. Worth the rental, but not one to own.

doc_hartman I can certainly see the point of people ripping on this film. Susanna Satta doesn't set herself up for future stardom but she certainly doesn't hurt her career. The writers had something in mind here and my guess is the director screwed it up. There are some ridiculous parts to the film, but taken in the context of a twelve-year-old girl's mind, they actually make sense.Don't get me wrong, I'm not going to give too much credit to the filmmakers because a lot of the good elements of the film probably happened on accident.I didn't feel like I wasted my money renting this, but I probably would rent it with a bunch of friends over.