Spring has finally sprung for this film from 2014, about young (and old) love!
Spring!
Movie Details:
- Release Date: 2014
- “Run”time: 1 hour 49 minutes
- Where to watch it: Streaming
- Directed by: Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead
- Written by: Justin Benson
- Starring:
- Lou Taylor Pucci
- Nadia Hiker
Synopsis: A man going through crisis makes his way to Italy and finds the love of his life
Open Stab Wounds (out of 10): 9
Review: Kevin and I had a discussion a few days ago. He was worried that he overpopulated the list for this month with everything he was interested in watching. He worried that I didn’t help out enough. The reality is that I probably would’ve populated the list with a whole lotta films that I’d seen before. It would’ve been a greatest hits of movies I always watch, so all the writing would’ve been very easy.
All that’s to say, even with a few clunkers in the mix this month, I am wholeheartedly glad that Kevin was selfish with the picks. It brought us His House of course… and it brought us today’s film.
From the start of Spring, I appreciated the main character Evan (Lou Taylor Pucci). The film starts with him watching his mother pass away. He starts down a path that leads him to Italy where he meets a beautiful woman that he starts a relationship with. This woman, Louise (Nadia Hiker), has a secret that she’s not wholly willing to reveal… until feelings get in the way.
It’s at this point, I want to apologize. I did not finish this movie yet. For a few different reasons, I was unable to finish it, and today is my day! I made it about halfway through, with a bunch of various distractions… but with all those distractions I was still somehow focused and interested in the story being told. I think that’s a credit to the first 15-20 minutes where I absolutely cared about the fate of Evan. He’s a good guy, he’s a normal guy who’s going through some shit. I want to see him succeed; I want to see where his story ends up.
To be clear, I know what happens to him, I wikiapedia’d the ending. But I am going to finish this movie, because it was *that* effective in the first half.
What’s great about this movie is it’s a love story that does the horror and the love portions right. The relationship between Evan and Louise feels natural in the way it starts small and blossoms into something else entirely. It’s a bit of a metaphor on the story itself.
Again, I want to apologize… because this is a great movie. Kevin has thoughts too and I think he’ll top it off. I recommend it; the fact that I’m anxious to finish it means that it did something right.
KEVIN’S THOUGHTS: I’ve watched a couple films from Benson and Moorehead and I’ve loved each one.This one is probably my favorite so far. A mixture of science, mythology, monsters, and love. The story was one of beauty and pain and horror, while there was only an accompaniment and not the main component. I’m fast becoming a huge fan of this writer director team and I cannot wait to see where they go in the future.
I GIVE IT DAMN NEAR 10!
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