Excellent, smart action film.

Amateur movie with Big budget

Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

It's simply great fun, a winsome film and an occasionally over-the-top luxury fantasy that never flags.

As an up and coming filmmaker I applaud anyone's effort in trying to make a film. But I liken this film to a sedative. This is my third time trying to get to complete it and I have yet to do so. It is still running now. I like the depth of the couple's relationship although I felt the wife was very manipulative throughout. But hey I give it to the writer director for being so honest about how she persuaded her husband to get the job done.I have to say this is my first low-budget film by a female that I am not especially fond of. Kassie Lemmons (Eve's Bayou) Gina Prince-Bythewood (Love and Basketball; The Secret Life of Bees) and the lady that did "Something New" I am all fans of their work but this will have to grow on me. I like her directing style. The acting and the close ups are an interesting effect as if she is trying to capture the acting but it was the story itself that provided no real motivation to watch, no real obstacle other than trying to get a movie made. This may be interesting for people like me but not for people who are not familiar or interested in doing so.Oh the movie's finished now and the credits are running but the ending is even less rewarding than the movie itself.

The ending of the film states that "All About YOU" is the one that sold millions of DVDs. Notice that the title of the actual movie we, the audience, views is called "All About US." The film is in no way being dishonest to its viewers. It is the usual fictional ending that answers the question, "what happened to them?" Albeit in a somewhat cheesy way.It strikes me (as a novice critic) that this movie is based on, in some part, the actual writer and producer of the movies with a few departures, of course. But it is not meant to be taken as a literal re-presentation of Michael and Stacey Swansons' lives.Anyone choosing to rent this movie should know that it is a low budget film and that the movement and feel of it is precisely that. At the same time, the story line has a particular truth to it that most black audiences can relate to. It's about a young black couple striving to keep all of their dreams in alignment (for family, for success, for self). In the process of chasing after the golden nugget which happens to be Morgan Freeman, they discover something much more important about themselves.

I must say I was not expecting to like this movie but I did. My husband buys low budget films all the time and I don't like them. I was busy on my pc and halfway through the movie became drawn into it. The end was the best, it actually struck a cord with me. No other film has spoken to me in this way. It has helped me to feel comfortable in my space of being an educated-accomplished-determined at-home-mom. My biggest critique is that the film does seem incredibly slow at moments, and some of the actors were not good. Boris was great of course! Overall its soo worth sitting through for all you educated broke entrepreneur spirit filled moms out there waiting for your big break and not existing fully in the moment. Good soundtrack. Yellow Teeth. People with an older baby that can't change a diaper. Close shots. Great story. Real people. Excellent message.

I just saw this movie- in fact its still going on- at the Miami Film Festival and it is another movie about people making movies in Hollywood. It's just slow and boring and the character interactions are on the level that you could find in your own household. It drama over money and families and who cares, its mundane and not very interesting. I'd say of the 42 people that showed up, 10 have left already. The story is about a couple trying to make it in the film industry and failing at it, so now they have to decide if they are gonna try to keep working on movies or if they are going to begin their real life with their child. There go two more people from the theater.