someone will have to explain to me why every film that feature poor people and adopt a pseudo gritty look be somehow see a realistic by some people . i do not see anything realistic about the character ( although the actor do their best with really bad part ) or the situation . instead and i saw a forced and self conscious effort at be edgy and gritty and down and dirty . sadly and it take a lot more than hand hold the camera without rhyme or reason and failing to light the film to achieve any of the above quality in any significant way . it a sad commentary on the state of independent film distribution that the only film that see the inside of a movie theater be nowadays all carbon copy and with bad cinematography and non existent camera direction and a lot of swear strive to pass themselves a art . it little wonder that film like in the bedroom or about schmidt get such raf . i find them to be meander and very average and but compare to the current slew of independent clone like raise victor vargas they be outright brilliant and inspire . a few year ago see an independent film mean that you would likely be treat to some originality and a lot of energy and care and and maybe a few technical glitch cause by the low budget and nowadays and it mean that chance be you will get yet another by the number and let shake the camera around for two hour attempt at placate the lack of taste of independent distributor . and of course all that to serve character and situation that be completely unreal and contrive . be it any surprise that the independent marketplace have few and few survive company . not at all when you see film like raise victor vargas that do nothing but copy the bad of the film that precede them .