Day 273: The Giant Mechanical Man

Directed By- Lee Kirk

Written By- Lee Kirk

Starring- Jenna Fischer, Chris Messina, Malin Akerman, Topher Grace

Critics Review- "This cute dramedy tackles well-trod ground in the world of indie film but Lee Kirk conveys enough honest affection for his well-crafted characters that the piece works."- Brian Tallerico "HollywoodChicago.com"

Rotten Tomatoes Rating- Critics- 70% Audience- 71%

Out of a possible 5 stars- 4 1/2 stars 

MINOR SPOILERS AHEAD

My Review- 

This is one of those Indie films that not that many people know about, and it goes unnoticed when it shouldn't. Sometimes I do not like Jenna Fischer as an actress when she's in films its either because she is annoying and trying to be her character from The Office, or its because the roll is not right for her, this is not the case with this movie, I found myself falling of Jenna Fischer in the movie was Chris Messina would do later on in the film. The very beginning of this movie is extremely well shot and I found my self liking each establishing shots and cuts that were used to show the introduction of Chris Messina's character Tim in the film to show us what he did for a living and he was essentially the title of the film. This movie was very well casted by some actors I usually do not find annoying but I felt like punching them because they were so annoying; Topher Grace played an annoying guy in the film that was trying to court Jenna Fischer, at times I wanted to punch Topher Grace in the face because he was so damn annoying and he cannot pull off long hair it does not fit him, I know it may have been a choice from either Grace or Kirk but it was a bad one. With Malin Akerman playing Fischer's annoying sister trying to help when she was just making things worse; her character was made I believe to cause a little bit of friction in the movie and make us dislike her because she keeps doing the opposite of what her sister wants, which is a sucky thing to do. Now the two main characters Fisher and Messina made the movie watchable and they did not bore me or want me to make the movie go by quickly, they were written to be genuinely liked for who they were at this time in there lives and I felt that way about both of them. This was written by Fischer's real life husband Lee Kirk, and from what I read this was his debut film as both a writer and director, and he did a really good job as both, even though at times a writer and director may favor their significant other when but into a film, this was not the case. Well it did not seem like it was, he wrote every character to be either well liked or disliked, even if they were not in the movie for that long. Lee Kirk is a good writer for these times of films and even though his first movie as both writer and director, it seems like this something he would be good at these types of films. I would like to see more from him and see what he can write next. I hope this movie will travel by word of mouth once people watch it. This one movie of indie films I would really like to add to my collection, and I hope if you watch this movie you will like it as well.