Becks

This out of the blue , out of nowhere, out of the big grey matter, the thing suggested the thing and gosh am I glad it did! What a cool gem! I thougth the writing was so nice but the acting which is something I don't touch or analyze much here I thought exceeded everything!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The way it all comes together, both the two leads were so special and the directing was really tight the music was so sweet and the writing how it also tried to do not only something magical it reached and attempted to teach which is always nice for this is really the best way to really learn something since through art we can feel it in all of our senses forcing our creativity to imagine what if , and in some areas it was even nice than prose... very very beautfiul great job good work!

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Christine Lahti who portrayed the ultra-liberal alternative-lifestyle-embracing (dark-humor scary understatement) mom in Petunia, portrays in Becks the uber-Catholic straight-laced diametrically-opposed mother. Setting the movie in St. Louis is perfect for a movie with peripheral nods to modern Catholic dilemmas. The script calls for a modest indictment of her Catholicism as cold, intolerant and off-putting, but considering Lahti's real-life liberal positions, I thought she brought a very genuine flavor of inner-conflict to this mother character whose broadened acceptance seems ultimately to be driven more by the loneliness of a widowed mother, rather than by true acceptance of her daughter. Becks had a dynamite script but should have been a much longer movie because Becks has amazing potential that was never fully explored. I don't want to share any spoilers, so I will just say that the last 15 minutes of the film suddenly and hurriedly conclude several beautifully-developed plot threads that have been brewing in a way that feels like the financial backers were saying "that's a wrap!" Still the movie touches on alot of relevant facets of class boundaries, relationships, family and other topics of core current issues. The music in the movie is excellent imho, and the casting is excellent, as are all the performers.

Based on real life Allysa Robbins, a lesbian NYC folk singer. The lead actor here has every bit as good a voice as well and the acoustic take on Robbins original songs is easier to listen to. Christine Lahti is good as the unapproving Mom and the story just seems like "a week in the life". The ending isn't as good as we expected but it tells the story. Overall, a nice little movie for a rainy afternoon

One of the best LGBT movies of the year, Becks jumps right into the action with a montage of the titular Becks moving across the country to be with her girlfriend, only to walk in on her with another woman. Devastated and broke, she is forced to move back in with her Catholic mother in St. Louis. The pacing can be a bit messy at times, and it's not an uplifting story, but it's a heartfelt movie with some jaw-dropping performances, particularly from Lena Hall. The dialogue is realistically witty and the musical interludes are beautiful, reminiscent of Eddie Vedder's work on Into the Wild but woven into the story seamlessly. This is a movie that will resonate with anyone who's felt the pain of hitting rock bottom.

It's not very often you stumble on an LGBT film that ends up being better than expected. The acting is amazing and the film is stunningly beautiful throughout. A really decent film that tackles love, lust and lost and does so in a non cliché way.

The performances, the songs, the story are all just really great. This is a total indie gem! Definitely a fun movie to watch with friends or family, and I hope young people can see it.

A film with a huge heart. I cried several times ... reinvention is never easy, and anyone can relate to the things these characters struggle with as they reevaluate their lives and experience their authentic selves for the first time.

Becks follows the story of an up and coming musician who suffers a tough break after catching her girlfriend cheating on her, and eventually ends up moving back home to live with her mother. I think what really cemented in my love for this movie is how this film portrays love. I liked that this film highlighted what real genuine love looks like, while also maintaining the realities of a complicated romance. I think what I liked most about this film though is the writing. Throughout this movie there were so many hilarious one liners, I honestly couldn't even keep track of how many times I physically laughed out loud at the dialogue of the characters, especially the banter that takes place between Becks and her old friend Dave! The writers of this film definitely knocked it out of the part when it came to raunchy yet subtle bits of humor in this film.

This is a very nice, heartfelt movie about a New York-based songwriter and musician. After things go wrong in her life, she reluctantly returns home to the Midwest where she had never fit in. Becks begins to rebuild her personal and professional life, but...well, she wasn't known as 'Becks the Wreck' in high school for nothing. All of the acting is first rate. The great Christine Lahti plays Beck's Mom, and there are some other familiar faces. The only downside is that it's a story that we've seen many times before. But it works, so who cares?