This Movie Can Only Be Described With One Word.

Please don't spend money on this.

This is a gorgeous movie made by a gorgeous spirit.

There are moments that feel comical, some horrific, and some downright inspiring but the tonal shifts hardly matter as the end results come to a film that's perfect for this time.

Tin God: Also known as the low budget bargain bin cousin of Wasted On The Young or West.Here, instead of prep school kids or inner city yobbos, we are treated to a trio of late 1990's alt rock stereotypes. Smells like teen spirit? Smells like the director wishing he'd made this film in Seattle in 97. Smells like Bull****.Why the attempt to make a film on so little money is praised, I do not know. To be fair, there are times when Tin God starts to work. I see other people mentioning the trio of leads, as well as the final act. Yes, these things are good. But did we really need another Australian movie about woe is me youth? No, we did not.Let's dissect this 20 something wasteland; Acting: As others have stated, slides from good to bad. The standouts for me were Jesse and Sasha, both of who are given less on screen 'moments' than Ethan, but that's to be expected when the lead is also the producer. Support roles are woeful. Script: The subject matter: Again, why? The writing itself is witty, the character development solid, motivations:clear. Why not put that into an interesting story rather than "Sulking 20 somethings wander about bemoaning how hard life is and how screwed up they are". Direction: All I could think when watching this was that this is NOT the kind of movie Reedy should make. Film noir lighting is obviously his drug of choice, and he seems to lavish the drama and suspense of the final act. This is not the arena he should be plying his talents. I can honestly say that in a more suspense or thriller genre he may be quite a stylish film maker, but here it feels out of place. It seems as if he has forced a style he loves onto a story that did not wear it well with a budget that couldn't support it. There are obviously some people of ability on this film. It is just a shame they put their effort into such a hackneyed idea rather than doing something groundbreaking. Though I suppose for the reported budget, You cannot expect much.

I cannot believe that this movie, Tin God, for under 10 thousand dollars, I have read that it was between 3 to 5 thousand ,is as good as it is and made it all the way to Cannes and onto shelves across Australia. What an achievement! I live in Toowoomba and remember a few years ago when this was being filmed, I saw these guys shooting at Wyalla Plaza in the rain and wondered what was going on. Who knew a few years later I'd be watching it!I love seeing indie Australian movies and this is as good as any American indie film. It's dark, funny, shocking and real. There's a few boring bits at the start but that's okay, It really gets going and starts to pull you into to the ****ed up life these characters lead. The Acting is really good and the actor that plays Ethan is really amazing. He really goes full psycho in some scenes and you wonder if he's gonna lose it. And when he does, he really loses it. And the actress that plays Sasha was really good too, I had a crush on her by the end of the movie and the scene where she loses it at the end when Ethan walks away was really sad and raw. Another standout moment was where Jesse tells Sasha about the kid he nearly beat to death in high school. It was a really good acting scene from Jesse and really sucked me in and made me feel sorry for his character, cause up until then you think he's kind of a jerk.I think Tin God is great because it really inspired me to do my own movies. Jake Reedy was really smart the way he made this because he did some cool stuff with his camera work and got really good actors to make the film. Lots of times the acting in indie movies is pretty bad, but in Tin God it's really good. The writing was excellent too, the way the actors all spoke like real people. To make this for under 5 thousand dollars, He is a really smart and talented film director and really deserves his success. I really hope to see the actors in other movies soon, because they are really talented.I really hope more people watch this movie, especially Toowoomba people because this was made in our town and it really deserves to be seen. Greg

I don't know why more people haven't seen this movie! I loved it so much i watched it 3 times before i had to return it to the store. The ending was like a punch in the guts, it was really powerful.The acting was really good and the camera work was wicked cool with how grungy it made everything.I really related to Ethan as a character and i reckon lots of guys will cause we all know girls like Sasha who are really screwed up but you can't help but think you love them anyways.I thought Jesse was really cool, he had some wicked funny lines in the movie. And the actress who played Sasha was mega, mega hot hot.I liked how everything in the movie looked real and everything, like the fights and stuff and when Cassie got killed I had to re watch it cause it looked so awesomely realistic.This movie is just wicked and more people should see it, it's got hot chicks and cool guys and a rocking soundtrack and it really relates to being a guy and being screwed up by being in love with the wrong girl.I give it a 7, but I hope that when the version to buy comes out it's got lots of special features and music videos, then it would be a 10, because I will definitely buy this movie!

Here's the spoiler. Jake Reedy can't make a good movie. Tin God is full of nothing but characters you hate who are all sookey grunge stereotypes, gratuitous nudity and 'super cool' dialogue. The cast are good, but it's hard to do anything good with such lousy material. I've seen others say that this is some sort of ode to the emotional difficulty of being Twenty whatever, all it seems to me is that the director, if you could call him that, has taken out all his ex girlfriend issues and dumped them on film and expected us to care. The pointless nude scenes are not daring, they're just pointless excuses to get the actresses to flash some flesh for the directors benefit and little else. I hated the writing. Why are we watching an Australian movie where no one speaks Australian? These people all talk like some stupid American movie. What genre is this? it's not a drama, it's not action, it's not thriller. It's just the directors jouernal put on film. I've read stuff about this on it's facebook page and honestly, talk about thinking your film is better than it is. How this got DVD release i don't know. Save your money and go get a good Aussie action or horror instead. Crush this tin and throw it in the recycle bin.