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Better than I expected.

Reviewed in the United States on March 28, 2021

I liked Out of Control. The plot isn't anything that hasn't been done before and the ending is definitely paint-by-numbers but the casting and the production values are good. To be fair I did watch this at 4:30 in the A.M. when my mind was on cruise control but regardless, when the credits started to roll, I enjoyed what I saw.

It's also funny how the cast are all really attractive people. Every. Single. One. Look at some of this cast...Marcie (Laurie Vandervoot), Lisa (Amy Sloan), Gus (Chris Kramer), Donna (Leni Parker) John Tucci (Romano Orzari) even the waitress Nancy -Ann Michaud is gorgeous and the thirsty retail clerk at the clothing store (Anna Hopkins) . Even Marcie's dad Francis X. McCarthy has a very distinguished look about him. I laughed during the viewing because Gus, Stanley (Brett Watson) and Danny the tech guy (Daniel Brochu) all have very similar looks in this film. Like 3 different versions of the same Ken doll. Laurie Vandervoot would totally be a Barbie. I was never a Barbie fan but can give credit where it's due. What does it say about me that I thought Leni Parker is more attractive? I really liked Leni Parker though because she played a good police captain, stern but fair, she has a very unique look that fit the role well with a round face and I loved her eyes, but I digress.

I can understand why some people wouldn't care for this film because the outcome is never in doubt and the "whodunit?" bit is irrelevant when the murderer is revealed within the first 5 minutes. But I did. It has a neatly wrapped up, feel good (if a bit typical) ending and sometimes that's needed. Especially in these questionable times, when too many films over the last decade or so want to go all in with gratuitous violence, and/or be one step away from soft core smut.

4* because I watched Out of Control at the right time.

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I want to give it four stars, but...

Reviewed in the United States on January 7, 2021

...it just falls short.

First the positives: no foul language parade. Very little foul language, which is nice.

It proves you can create a story and have the dialogue be free from all the profanity so prevalent in films today, much of it pointless and adding exactly less than nothing to the character's identity, let alone the story. So it is nice to watch films without it. Excess profanity makes too many films unwatchable. I don't need to hear it every other word.

And, given this film has a lot of the standard cliches, it really is okay. You can watch this story and be sure you aren't going to be overwhelmed with the things that make so many films unwatchable.

The plot wasn't particularly original, another reason for the 3 stars. The cast wasn't particularly well defined, typical of this sort of film. But it is enjoyable, and it doesn't go trying to add so many twists and turns that you lose track of who is what and who did what when and why and didn't they just? I don't remember kinds of foolishness. We get a pretty linear, easy to follow story.

I am glad when film makers don't try to be too clever for their own good, and stick with the story and keep the plot twists manageable, without losing the audience in the process.

And I wish Hollywood and Canadawood (who made this film) would do more like this. Less profanity, more focus on an actual story we can follow. Is that too much to ask?

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Logain UT Ablar

Better than I expected.

Reviewed in the United States on March 28, 2021

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Renee Grate

FOLLOW the EVIDENCE and not your heart!

Reviewed in the United States on April 11, 2021

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Well, happy to see the bad "person" didn't get away this time. We need to listen to our elders, they have been around long enough to have more evidence in all situations. You don't need a lot of new technology to find the evidence. Just follow the science.

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