- Sensibility: Even with the truth of the story, the decision making from the roof man and Leigh are both odd particularly near the end. Particularly bothersome are the issues surrounding security and law-enforcement.
- Cinematography: Production design is the highlight of this film. Perfect capturing of the time period and reality of the man's life, as shown through the documentary footage comparisons at the end. The film has a rawness in hair styling, makeup, and framing that gives it a better sense of reality. It doesn't have the flash and glamour of a typical movie, but rather has the feeling of a real-time behind the scenes documentary.
- Energy: Great editing, pacing, and acting from the cast keep things interesting, even during literal lulls/stationary periods in the main character's story.
- Narrative: This incredible true story is so wild that it deserves to have a movie made about it. The few moments of embellishment from the film are almost unnecessary.
- T-Points: The film received two bonus points: one for some ingenuity around living in Toys-R-Us and one for a few Lakeith Stanfield's moments on-screen which, although brief, had a huge impact on the film.
Derek Cianfrance has a way of capturing the ugly, grim realities of relationships on-screen that is very rare. Like one of my favorites, Blue Valentine, this film is not pretty, but neither is the reality
of the story, and this plays well into the effectiveness of the film.
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