Matt Shepard Is A Friend Of Mine (2014)
I feel a bit like a traitor to my kind, but this documentary just felt kind of flat to me. As a Golden Brick nominee, Adam touted how the film gets to the ordinary man behind the name that would become synonymous with an issue. That is admirable, but I mean, he was pretty ordinary (special in the way all ordinary people are). In focusing on this aspect, it just doesn't feel newsworthy. It may be an important venture for those who knew him and are making the film, but it didn't necessarily connect to me as a member of the audience. Obviously other members of the audience were struck by it.
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Other than Slow West, I've had a pretty shockingly bad response to the seven Golden Brick nominees I've seen. Hoping Tangerine turns things around.