I have A.D.D., and I have to have something on in the background while I'm working during the day. So, I "watch" a lot of movies at work. I can't listen to music much anymore as having been on the air in radio for several years, music is actually far more distracting.
Every now and then, I'll pull up some movie that I've neither heard of nor would typically want to watch. I read the plot summary of "Keith" and thought, "Oh, why the hell not?"
The "little assistant" in my mind mentally dashed through all the data stored before, and Jesse McCartney sounded remotely familiar. The other bit of data that came to mind was, "Isn't he some sort of teen singing kind of kid?" Of course, after the movie, I looked him up, and he's no longer a kid. At 24, he may still have a baby face, but his beautiful eyes and smile are all man. And no matter his skills (or lack thereof?) in singing and composing (I wouldn't know his chops in the musical arena as I've never heard one of his songs), he's got skills in acting. This movie proves it.
I'm not sure I can say I ever even heard promos for "Keith", and even then, I probably wouldn't have thought twice about watching it. Thank God something pushed my finger on the left-click mouse button today.
This movie, at times, is a bit strange in the respect that I almost clicked the "pause" button to search for another movie.
It was intriguing, though, and I kept waiting and waiting for the stereotypes to enter the scene, and just when I thought I had one character figured out, he/she surprised me. Just when I thought I had the "Keith's" (played fantastically by Jesse McCartney) secret figured out, I really knew nothing at all.
This is a sweet, if not bittersweet, film that asks the impossible of teenagers hoping for more, dreaming of a life beyond high school. Even though teenagers are invincible, this movie still asks teens, "Can you live and be in the moment?" Even teens, as much as they are "in the moment", still can find it hard to be.
Every now and then, I'll pull up some movie that I've neither heard of nor would typically want to watch. I read the plot summary of "Keith" and thought, "Oh, why the hell not?"
The "little assistant" in my mind mentally dashed through all the data stored before, and Jesse McCartney sounded remotely familiar. The other bit of data that came to mind was, "Isn't he some sort of teen singing kind of kid?" Of course, after the movie, I looked him up, and he's no longer a kid. At 24, he may still have a baby face, but his beautiful eyes and smile are all man. And no matter his skills (or lack thereof?) in singing and composing (I wouldn't know his chops in the musical arena as I've never heard one of his songs), he's got skills in acting. This movie proves it.
I'm not sure I can say I ever even heard promos for "Keith", and even then, I probably wouldn't have thought twice about watching it. Thank God something pushed my finger on the left-click mouse button today.
This movie, at times, is a bit strange in the respect that I almost clicked the "pause" button to search for another movie.
It was intriguing, though, and I kept waiting and waiting for the stereotypes to enter the scene, and just when I thought I had one character figured out, he/she surprised me. Just when I thought I had the "Keith's" (played fantastically by Jesse McCartney) secret figured out, I really knew nothing at all.
This is a sweet, if not bittersweet, film that asks the impossible of teenagers hoping for more, dreaming of a life beyond high school. Even though teenagers are invincible, this movie still asks teens, "Can you live and be in the moment?" Even teens, as much as they are "in the moment", still can find it hard to be.