Bare

3 of the stars are for the *. 1 for a obviously nice piece of camera-work etc. Some of it was quite beautiful to watch, even the boob-free scenes. Movies that are painfully slow like this one need to have a interesting story to make it work or some mystery, we need some tension or passion. Sadly this one has none. Part of the reason has to do with the cast that is far from Oscarworthy. It's more of a romcom/Abcfamily cast. This little town of mine-movies grow like weed, not unlike most genres, but to some extent they are much harder to make good, in my opinion.

The movie is about a young girl in a small town feeling stuck. She's not particularly happy with her boyfriend, she lives with her mom, and she gets fired from the grocery store. She meets this girl named pepper who's more full of life and she follows her lead and winds up becoming a *. Decent idea for a plot but it's beyond boring and I dont care for pepper at all. The main girl being really pretty is one of the biggest positives of the movie and that's not a great thing.

I wanted to like Bare, Diana Agron and Paz De la Huerta are amazing actors, but this type of story has been done to death. Spoilers ahead. Young inexperienced girl meets worldly girl, and tries new exciting things, only to find the new things are not all that she thought they were. We've seen that story many times, I can think of two others, one also with Paz De la Huerta, but there are many more of course. The best thing about it was Diana Agron and Paz De la Huerta kissing. However, the film in its entirety didn't have anything new to offer the film world, and was pretty boring, even for a "serious drama." It was a waste of their talent, but was good for them to get some experience acting in a drama I suppose.

Bare, A film about a young Woman, Sarah (Dianna Argon), who's having serious hardships in her life From Beginning to the end. Until she meets Pepper, (Paz De La Huerta), who drags Sarah into her world of lowlifes, Stripping, Drugs and Hustling. This Movie directed by Nathalia Leite surely disappoints. Because I wanted to know the fates of the two characters, who emotionally and romantically gets attached quickly. Unfortunately, It leaves no resolution for them. My Rating: 6.0

Dreadful story line. Young woman has such a hard, boring life that everything "changes for the better" once she has a lesbian lover, snorts cocaine and becomes a *. Great message! Then in the end the main character feels she needs to get out of town. Instead of buying a car with all the money she made from stripping and from having a fast food job, she is seen hitchhiking at the end with suitcase in hand. So you have a young, pretty girl getting into some stranger's car in Nevada somewhere. Are they going to make a Bare part 2: Who killed Sarah? Don't waste your time with this unless you want to sit through a terrible movie and see La Huerta pouting her way through most of it with her big collagen injected fake looking lips. Anyone who liked it, that's up to you but don't be putting others down for not liking it.

I think I know what the film-makers were aiming to create here and while I enjoyed some of the cinematography, the capture of the familiar industrial urban complex highwayed out in the middle of nowhere-in-particular and a pleasantly interesting, dreamlike sequence involving sunbathing and a snake, this film fails to make real impact. I'm sorry, but Paz de la Huerta cannot act, for starters. Yes, she does have a somewhat exotic screen presence and I can appreciate why Paz was chosen for the role she plays, but the woman is just so unconvincing, passionless and dull; she merely opens her pouty lips to allow words to fall out and it's all very wooden in what appears to be a permanently coked-out zone. Diane Agron, conversely, seems to be a good actress but unfortunately Paz made her look she was overdoing it, or taking it all too seriously. For instance, I could not believe her when her character, Sarah, tells 'Pepper' (Paz), 'when I'm with you, I feel like anything is possible, anything could happen'. Really? That's pretty generous when Diane is the one who seems the far livelier and more interesting and passionate of the two! Since when does pushing drugs on vulnerable women, living in squats and being chased by angry thugs make someone edgy and exciting where 'anything could happen' as opposed to making them a real freaking headache to have around and someone who might get themselves or you killed at any given minute? There's not much of a story arc, and no tension to speak of so the film's resolution falls flat. Character development is poor thus stereotypes must suffice for a boyfriend, friend, work-place 'bitch', a bunch of strippers and a proverbial bad guy who wants his money. That's all folks.

I thought the movie was good. I thought the acting was amazing, in my opinion. I hope this review helps some because the others are pretty harsh, but everyone is entitled to their opinion. I'm not saying anyone is wrong, just that this movie may not be for everyone. Sorry this is long. Acting: Paz and Dianna play the part well, they are so convincing that, I would have thought that, this is how they act in everyday life. Paz is perfect for the part of pepper, her mannerisms how she speaks all her idiosyncrasies. Dianna's character Sarah is the sweet, somewhat naive townie whom is non-confrontational. Her scenes are captivating, because you feel and see how her character Sarah transforms/develops and really comes into her own when she dances on the pole later in the movie. You see how Sarah feels by looking into her eyes you can see the emotion Dianna is trying to evoke and bring to life for her character. Story: The story itself was interesting. Yes there is the stereotypical storyline; mystery person somewhat causes good girl becomes *, which leads to doing drugs, drugs cause her to get in trouble, leading her to an epiphany. However, its not like the character Sarah magically has it all figured out and lives happily ever after. She realizes there is more than the town she's from. She was a no one working at a store, to a */dancer making a lot of money and had potential to do something so daunting/outside of her norm. So, it's sort of in a way her breaking the cycle and going her own way in life, by whatever means necessary. She is more confident by the end of the movie, and see's if she try's she can make it happen, she is willing to work to see the world or do whatever she wants. She is into "random stuff" like abstract type art, Africa documentaries and non-domesticated animals. She is a bit of a dreamer and with pepper, she feels she can achieve or do anything. Pepper makes her feel free, special and adventurous. Overall: I truly did enjoy and like the movie, was it stereotypical in some ways, yes, to a degree. This story touches on someone's life. A lot of stereotypes are based on groups that experience the "same thing" in the most simplistic way to phrase it. I would say if your up for a different kind of movie that wants you to sort of think about life and realize we are in control of it. Go for it. The movie gives you the hope that things can change and can become better but how you get there is your decision, maybe its not legal, maybe you learn your lesson's in life the hard way. But if your willing to work, try and live. The possibilities are endless, but you gotta try and take risks, otherwise the world will make your decisions for you. At least thats what I got out of the film.

Female writer-director Leite has an interesting future. In "Bare" she stuck to the rules and never showed the girls fully * or exposing their genitals. The heroine (Donna Agron) sniffed a powder, but apparently never sold her body to one of the revolting clients of her den-of-sin club. She preferred to romp in the desert with her bad-girl friend Pepper (La Huaz) who shares a small amount of peyote with her and ravishes her young body afterwards. We've seen Donna shagging in the car with her boyfriend, with no back-arching of the sort Pepper instigates. But eventually the two separate, and Donna goes home and hugs her mother and makes up with her boy-friend. Showing off her assets in a sex club and sniffing powders has caused her to grow up. A nice film, worth seeing.

This is not exactly a glowing review, but I do want to address something before I get down to any critique. Giving a film one star even though you think it deserves more is just a crass and cynical thing to do, and the guy who admits he did so should be ashamed of himself for doing it. There are people who absolutely loved this movie. Fans of the actors in particular, which is to be expected. I myself absolutely loved it when I first saw it at its world premiere, and even rescheduled my flight to go back and watch it again a few days later. The cinematography is brilliant, and the role that Dianna Agron plays is far removed from anything else she's done. Her character is very passive and quiet, and thus it falls on her to act as much with her body language and expressions as her spoken words. She pulls it off brilliantly. If you're like me, you may very well come away with an 8-star feeling on your first viewing. Having said that, after watching it a few more times I've started to see some of the shortcomings, though I do still think it's a good film. First of all, I think it helps to be able to relate to or imagine growing up not just in a small town, but in a town with literally nothing to offer besides mind-numbing lack of social life and completely menial nowhere jobs. If you can't put yourself in those shoes, you likely will not get a lot of the film's impact. If you've ever had a time in your life where drinking beer by the dump and then shooting at the cans was the highlight of your week, you'll definitely see where this comes from. That's not really a shortcoming, but it does limit what a lot of people can really get out of the story. As I said above, the cinematography was generally brilliant. The cameras and the way this movie was shot do a great deal to set the scenes, often as much or more than the actors. There are, however, times when this attempt at making art with the cameras actually resulted in scenes that were difficult to understand simply because they were too subtle. Too artistic rather than advancing the narrative. There are also a few times when the narrative is just plain interrupted with awkward dialogue that really could have been either done away with or done better in a perfect world. More on that below. The main actors, including Sarah's family and friends, were all brilliant with the exception (in my mind) of Paz de la Huerta. She was almost right for the role, but in the end her mannerisms just became too much; too distracting. There were a few scenes where her portrayal was almost like a record skipping in the middle of a song, and honestly she could have toned things down a bit and been better. One last issue is simply because of what the film is. An indie by a first-time director shot on a very tight budget and a very limited time frame. When you consider that, this really is an amazing end product. Having talked to the producers, I know there were scenes they wish they could have re-shot, dialogue they wish they could have smoothed out, things they wish they'd done differently. But unlike with major studio productions, you often only have one real shot at it. There's not room in the schedule to scrap a day of shooting and try it over again. There's not room in the budget to pay for the use of a location or the crew salaries to go back and do it over. You have to get it right the first time. They mostly did, and if you look at it like that this is definitely an achievement. It's a story that's overall well told and beautiful to look at. Of course it's not a brand new story nobody's ever told before, but it is overall well done and I think this one has enough going for it (and enough different about it) to be more than worth watching. Give it a try and see for yourself. It won't be some cinematic epiphany or holy experience, but you may just be glad you did.

I cannot believe PDLH is allowed in movies, she looks like hell, and gives the most cliched bogus performance ever. Hideous. It is sad to see an addict just be herself, awful-looking. You've seen this movie 100 times, don't bother. It makes no sense that a blond babe would even give the tramp a second glance.