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Eddie
USA 2020
produced by Carlos Funes, Lancelot E. Theobald jr, Angela Rostic, Louie Torrellas, Dennis Feitosa (executive), Lauren Francesca (executive), Frederick Sciretta (executive) for American Street Films, Loco Dreams
directed by Frederick Sciretta
starring Lindsay Johnson, Eric Roberts, Lancelot E. Theobald jr, Angela Rostic, Mel Hunter, Shawnette Hamilton-Robertson, Jasmin Frankel, Lois Simon, Lauren Francesca, Albe Black, Tali Tadmor, Zara H. Phillips, Heather Ashley, Galen Wesson, Bill Dawes, Dennis Feitosa, Jeffrey Gurian, Frederick Sciretta, Jefferson Wong, Elaine Sionov, Nichole O'Connor, Sarah Cohen, Berta Bolotovsky, Deborah Gerofsky, Fred James, Willie Anderson, Mike Macchia, Yosef Brodsky
written by Frederick Sciretta, music by Zach Marsh
review by Mike Haberfelner
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Eddie (Lindsay Johnson) is a young man with a dream - but despite his
talents and all the best efforts from his mentor Reynolds (Eric Roberts),
he's career is going nowhere fast. And while his mother (Angela Rostic)
and sister (Shawnette Hamilton-Robertson) support him every step along the
way, his father (Mel Hunter) is dead set against his career choice, and is
so insistant that he takes a "real job" that Eddie eventually
sees himself forced to move out from home - until of course his father
loses his "real job", and now it's expected of Eddie to provide
for the family and start working at a hospital, effectively putting his
dreams on hold.
Eddie's best friend, fellow actor Johnny (Lancelot E. Theobald jr), has
a different approach to his career, one that involves going to lots of
parties, and having lots of affairs, something that gets him into trouble
frequently but also keeps him afloat. One day he gets Eddie to accompany
him to a party where Eddie meets lovely Lili (Jasmin Frankel), and for
both it is love at first sight, and they're soon going steady. But then
Eddie's professional career hits a lucky turn as he gets a ten week
engagement out of town. And what's better, he can actually transfer his
job to his dad, so everything should be fine ... it just isn't, as before
leaving Eddie has impregnated Lili, whose rich family orders her to break
up all contact with him. So Eddie really learns about her pregnancy only
shortly before she gives birth, and now he needs to decide whether or not
he still wants to, he still can follow his dream ...
Eddie is a rather compelling drama - basically because
it doesn't try to be and rather underplays its dramatic moments and goes
for a slice-of-life approach that makes it easy for the audience to
identify with the trials and tribulations the title character goes to on
an emotional level, also because everybody who has once dreamed or even
still follows one's dream will see onefelf in Eddie. And of course, a
strong, relatable ensemble cast also helps with this, making this a rather
powerful watch.
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