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I USED TO BE DARKER

Director:

  Matthew Porterfield
  

Year Released:

  2013

Jan's Rating:

Rich's Rating:

< 3 out of 5

n/a out of 5

Key Performances:

  Deragh Campbell
  Hannah Gross
  Ned Oldham
  Kim Taylor
  Many Guitars
Movie Haiku:Porterfield with screenwriter Amy Belk creates an oblique, melancholy, soporific drama set in Baltimore but with no local color. Two musicians, married for years, are splitting up, which should be sad but there is so little backstory it is impossible to care. Seen thru the eyes of their teenage niece who drops in out of nowhere with problems of her own. Not yet seen by Rich.

ADDITIONAL FF2 INFO ABOUT THIS FILM:

Women filmmakers?

  Yes

Jewish content?

  No

Haiku Posted:

  2013