Simply Millennial

 [Image courtesy of slashfilm.com] 

If you like a movie that spends a lot of camera time shooting its lead actor’s pretty face, all while lacking in quality dialogue and acting, then this is your movie.

I have to admit that I was most disappointed with Shia LeBeouf in this film. He has a history of making movies with some sort of meaningful content involved, but this time around it was obvious he was in it for the Benjamins. While there’s no doubt that he’s a cute kid, this role didn’t help him expose his talent at all! 

The premise involves a kid on house arrest who suspects his neighbor is a murderer. Most of his summer is spent following this alleged killer, and also drooling after his new next door neighbor girlfriend. There is a harshly obvious attempt by the producers to have an ethnically diverse cast, so we are introduced to an Asian goof ball friend, and a Mexican cop who’s got it in for our hot lead guy. 

YAWN!

The only good thing about the film is that it FINALLY picks up some speed and gets you interested, and possibly even engrossed, for like 10 minutes. It’s just too bad that those 10 minutes are at the end of the movie.  

Bleck! Don’t bother!

I give it one popcorn tub.