Memorable, crazy movie

As Good As It Gets

A Masterpiece!

This story has more twists and turns than a second-rate soap opera.

Wrecked is a quite short film which not much at location and much happening. It is very precise in plot as we see how the lead (Adrien Brody) has to survive from suffering a fatal car crash. Throughout some of the scenes we see how it happened (mostly towards the ending). The film is comparable to 127 Hours and Buried but I didn't feel it isn't as good as those two.The first half of the film was engaging as the audience was interesting in his character and wanted to see where the film was going. It hit it's peak when a woman was brought in and was there to help him. What I disliked most about it is, the woman was not used much, he did not asked many questions as to why she came, and what she was going to do to help. Their was no development and this let the film crumble. Also do not understand why he went out his way and do harm to her. Perhaps he was crazy? After she left, I felt the film really suffered and dragged on. The acting was a little overreacted on Brody's part and I didn't care for his character much late on it the film. Also had a predictable ending. We knew he was going to make it out but they could have done much more with it. Also the trailer on the front page reveals a lot. Would be better not watching it before watching the film.

This film proves why there is Danny Boyle, and then there's the rest.In "127 Hours," this smart director instinctively knew how to engage an audience, thrill them, captivate them, and make them sympathetic to the main character without any other characters or story points to speak of.The fact that he pulled this off is something of a miracle.But he did so by realizing, among other things, that holding for 30 seconds or more on a static closeup of his lead actor while absolutely NOTHING happened was not the answer.In fact, he knew it would be the death of his film. Whoever directed (and edited) "Wrecked" doesn't quite understand this concept. These well-meaning amateurs can't quite wrap their minds around the idea that what's essentially a boring story doesn't have to be told in a boring, ultra-realistic way (despite how many reality TV shows have become successful).That's why "127 Hours" was nominated for multiple Oscars... and who's even ever heard of "Wrecked"?? It was never even released -- despite having a major star in the lead role.Maybe, with a good editor, this failed experiment in non-storytelling might have worked as a short film. Even with a terrible director who doesn't understand filmmaking, there are ways to turn the story of a car crash survivor into an entertaining 10-minute short. Features on the other hand generally succeed using a three-act structure and story revelations.At least this wrecked attempt can serve as a lesson to future filmmakers: when portraying a character going through misery, don't make the audience suffer as well! People don't generally turn over their hard-earned cash so they can have a terrible time at the movies.

Edge of your seat drama. Beautiful views of BC forest and wild life. As always Adrien Brody gives a memorable performance. As a viewer, I could not figure out what was real or imagination. There are numerous opportunities for his character to change his circumstances...and each opportunity is layered with more questions for Brody. Who is he? What is his involvement with the others? Is he a good guy or someone who is capable of horrific deeds? The animals should be nominated for awards as well. Stunning examples of expert animal trainers. Details evolve like puzzle pieces waiting to create the big picture. The Director takes great pains to keep the audience guessing. You should see it!

This is a first, driven to an IMDb review by the most horrible boring dull movie I have ever wasted 90minutes of my life on. Pity IMDb does not have a rating of 0 (zero), this movie gets a 1 by default. Half way through I thought I would push-on in the hope that something other than swaying pine trees and long agonizing shots of one of the 4 actors might happen, but alas more of the same. I did run the rest of the movie at 2X speed and it made no difference to the agony but did mean I could get to the stove 15minutes quicker to clean it - this task was preferable to watching this piece of garbage. Save your money time and life and do anything else rather than watch this movie