Jack and Diane

Falls short of everything
***CONTAINS SPOILERS***

This movie falls short on so many levels I don't know where to begin. Is it a love story or a monster movie? Neither really. The werewolf/monster is so poorly made it is laughable. The odd animations make no sense. (Hair moving in and out of what appear to be organs is plain weird but since the beast, when seen, has no hair why use hair symbolism to represent the monster?)

Okay, so we get it Love is a Monster. But this picture fails to bring that point home at any point.

The best monster element was the masturbation scene where she kicks the lamp off the end table with a clawed foot.

Switching and mixing up who might be the wolf in this film left this viewer completely confused as to who was supposed to be the monster in the relationship or was the relationship the monster?

The story idea had potential. Maybe someone should try turning it into a novel so we can actually experience all the bits that this...

1 1/2 stars for maybe the worst movie of the 2012
Although I've yet to see the concluding chapter of "Twilight," I can't image it would be any worse than this mess. Here we have 2 teen age girls, both with issues who meet, get friendly then bleed, vomit and cough up teeth on each other. I'm not sure if director Bradley Rust Gray was trying to make a horror film, but the film is horrible.

The horror element comes in often as Diane (Juno Temple, "The Dark Knight Rises") who also has an identical twin, has nightmares (which we get to enjoy) of some sort of monster (werewolf?) I couldn't quite figure it out. We see this growth of long hair, blood, teeth and internal organs mixed into the visuals. It never makes sense as to what it is or why she has the dreams.

Diane also seems like the needy, fair-weather lesbian, just there for the moment, whereas Jack (Riley Keogh, "Magic Mike") is the real deal. Butch in all ways. That's about it. Just 110 minutes with two sour-faced unlikeable young women. Not funny,...

Beautiful piece of work, but not for everyone
I've been waiting years for this movie...and it was worth the wait. I first heard about this film maybe 4 or 5 years ago, and I've followed it all the way through its development. It was off to a rocky start with many casting changes (originally set to star Olivia Thirlby and Ellen Page), and also suffered funding issues, but this doesn't show in the final product.

Let me start off by saying that this film is at its heart, a beautiful love story. Jack (Keough), though tough skinned and sometimes a jerk, proves to be an extremely likable character. Jack is a typical rugged tomboy, but also hides an extremely vulnerable hopeless romantic underneath. Diane comes off first as childish, through the way she dresses and speaks, but she hides a deep intensity and is in actuality very strong and multifaceted. Both actresses are fearless and play their respective roles remarkably. The story line is not arced with the stereotypical first-love plot; it had many twists and turns and was...

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