“Please Give” or Take? at The Guild

A movie about greed and guilt, Please Give drew a mixed reaction from movie-goers at The Guild:

“I prefer this more independent style, where they take time with the shots and linger over people’s reactions and facial expressions.  It’s refreshing.  The story was wishy-washy.  But the performances were really polished and interesting.  That grandmother was astonishingly brilliant.” – Mary

“A well-cast film, very interesting, a great character study.  But a rambling, clunky story as well as having disjointed character development.”  – Andy

“It was OK.  It had really funny moments but was more depressing and had dark humor.  It was more depressing than I was expecting from watching the trailer.  I expected something more like a comedy.  The trailer showed ALL the funniest moments.” – Sarah and Hunter

“Very interesting with little vignettes, slices of life.  A warm New York scene.” – Jeff and Ann

“It had interesting characters and interactions all intertwined in interesting ways and covered all aspects of life from adolesence to death.” – Jacques

“The first hour was really funny, the next hour was really depressing.  It was all or nothing, it didn’t mix it up.” – Lisa

“I noticed how claustrophobic the movie is, it’s like New York City.  It had very interesting characters, 2 nice people who each had heinous family members.  Quirky.  Not what I was expecting at all.  The depressing part was when it was getting too close to home.” – Beth

It’s better to give than to receive?  But we wish it was the other way around?