i live in marin county where this flick be film and be an extra in it . i remember watch jonathan parker direct his actor and thinking and this be gon na look well in the finished product . it have to . because what i be see look laughably amateurish . if not for the presence of name actor like noah wylie and illiana douglas and i would have assume i be watch the production of a student film . well and when this baby finally hit screen at the mill valley film festival and i be surprise to find my suspicion have be correct represent no amount of edit or re packaging be gon na polish this turd . what too bad about all this be that and at it core and the movie have some good idea . the ongoing battle between slick and greedy developer and age and environmentalist hippie boomer be a very real one here in the bay area and and there ample hypocrisy and fodder for satire on both side . but parker get lose in a sea of tired clichés and labor and talky dialog and in the end can not decide what kind of movie he want to make . be it a satire of the tug of war between progress and preservation and the colorful player involve . or be it a sappy and love triangle romance . or how about the tale of a short sight man redemption by way of a flighty young songbird . the californian try to be all these thing ( and more ) and end up be nothing more than a muddled and uneven mess .