SteinMo What a freaking movie. So many twists and turns. Absolutely intense from start to finish.

Sharkflei Your blood may run cold, but you now find yourself pinioned to the story.

Melanie Bouvet The movie's not perfect, but it sticks the landing of its message. It was engaging - thrilling at times - and I personally thought it was a great time.

Ezmae Chang This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.

blumdeluxe "Running on empty dreams" tells the story of a married woman with cancer, who moves to a new place with her husband and her small son. There, she gets to know the neighbor, a single mom, quite well and quickly falls in love with her, a love that questions the basics her life has been set upon until now.The movie is clearly created with a rather low budget. Unfortunately, at some points, you also notice this, either because the acting is carried out a bit too ambitious or because some of the plot points are lacking connection a bit, so that some of the developments somehow happen a bit out of the blue. Nevertheless I really liked the movie, for it raises an important issue, is clearly filmed with a lot of heart and effort and yet remains entertaining and watchable. The end, in my opinion, was a bit dramatic and there is a high counter of dramatic dialogues as well but you can mostly connect to the characters and understand their problems.All in all it is a beautiful small movie, several points could still be improved, but I've seen many worse films with bigger budget.

tonygoez I'm independently studying script writing,and journalism, and not for some academic credit or academic cause. I have read interviews with Nitara Lee Osbourne, the script writer & eventual film director, and post production interviews with Kathleen Benner. Full credit to Nitara for exploring her own life experiences, and with her creative character writing skills, creating a script worth producing. The cast was great, Nitara went by her instincts in casting both Sydney & Jane, with a fantastic result despite long days filming and a few hurdles in securing the perfect scene locations, taking her time to get the perfect match, the girls even spent some time together pre-production, giving them time to get close and form a bond, producing the necessary chemistry that shines throughout their story. I watched the film twice, as I missed a few subtle things the first time around. The music was fine, there were a few what if's, and I was left at the end, staring into space, blankly reading the credits, grateful for the ones that genuinely love me. It could have done with, "A little light of love", by Eric Serra, over the credits, and I give it 8/10 for it's truth on life & love. Well Done.

ken_bethell An interesting film that is mildly titillating but ultimately leaves you less than satisfied.Although supposedly based on a true story one wonders just how much truth since it seemed so implausible at times. Do attractive and educated women really marry Marines? Okay not much cerebral empathy but who knows. What about the Rachel Owens character who saves Sydney with her 'Kiss of Life' but then who waits patiently to be seduced by her. What!! There was no dialogue to indicate that either of them had been in a lesbian relationship before only a "I wanted to kiss you the first time I saw you". The ending was as if this low budget film was down to its last dollar.One could imagine Sydney being filmed at her writing retreat with the producer furiously drawing his hand across his throat.Pity he hadn't done it earlier.

difaddy Being an out lesbian of 15 years, I've seen most lesbian films made.I can safely say this film was by far the worst I've seen. It was seemingly written by a homophobe who knew nothing about what it means to be a lesbian. As with most mainstream gay films, it seems the best solution to a bad marrige is death; assuming redemption is needed by all gay people. The plot was truly insulting to women and to lesbians; and very predictable.The music was horrendous.The screenplay was wooden and poorly written.The acting was bad, yet to be fair maybe this was due to the poorly written screenplay.The directing was sophomoric, at best.Save your money. Do not rent,and certainly do not buy this film.If possible, do not even waste your time watching this film.