6 Balloons (2018)

Powerful

In truth, there is barely enough story here to make a film.

This is one of the few movies I've ever seen where the whole audience broke into spontaneous, loud applause a third of the way in.

Let me be very fair here, this is not the best movie in my opinion. But, this movie is fun, it has purpose and is very enjoyable to watch.

Worst thing I've seen in a long time. Didn't think a short movie would seem so long. I felt like this movie owes me a year free year of Netflix for watch this garbage. With all the other shit movies to watch on Netflix pick something else.

This movie is one of those that you're glad you saw but would never watch twice, an extremely accurate glimpse of an addict and an enabler.

I want to know why Marja-Lewis Ryan insisted to merge a philosophical message with the storytelling. This decision could easily ruin the entire film because it is done terribly! That harmed the tone, the pacing, That made the movie has scenes that are so long for its own good. Also, the movie didn't need to be more than one hour long or even less than one hour long.Fortunately, there are many great thing that made 6 Balloons so special for me; but it's being very realistic is what made this movie really good. The movie is an emotional journey that is very effective. It's a moving story that will tug at your heartstrings. The dialogue is what made the movie very realistic, but the direction is what made the movie a brutal journey that captures the emotional horror involved. Dave Franco was great as the addicted bother, Seth. He really made me very nervous! Abbi Jacobson ,who played Katie, Seth's sister, did an awesome job; her reactions and her dramatic moments are reasonable. (7/10)

The reason why I got really excited about this movie was because I hadn't ever seen a movie where Dave Franco had actually done a great job, I think this is his best role yet, out of all his films I have seen which really aren't even competition. It also just looked different and special. I had been having a bit of a difficult time trying to find a good movie to watch on Netflix that actually looked worthwhile to me, when I heard this was coming out and I saw the trailer, it looked really interesting and was hoping for something good, I got that in a way, but it was definitely underwhelming overall, was expecting a lot more story-wise at least even if i didn't get much acting, I could have at least been satisfied with a compelling story with a satisfying character through it, really, there could have been more personality with these characters, but I definitely think Abbi Jacobson did a good job with her character.Though most of the films believability and sustenance came from Abbi Jacobson's performance, Dave Franco did give some personality and charisma to the film through his character and did feel grounded in the world and in the story making it easier for me to believe in these characters and their struggle in the situations they are in. He also did a good job with how he portrayed Seth overall. I could see the type of person he was and what they were trying to go for with his character and it didn't feel too unfocused and generic to the point where there was no character but just Dave Franco playing Dave Franco, there were a few of those moments in the film but not enough to completely ruin the good parts where I felt he was really trying to add something different and give something new to Seth. To my surprise he managed to make the relapse scenes believable, and incredibly uncomfortable and disturbing (which was the idea I felt) which I didn't feel he would be able to do, a tall order for an actor who, sadly isn't really known for his ability to act convincingly and to a varied enough degree to be great, but he surprised me with his performance in this. The general vibe of the film to me was what kept me going at times that made me really made me want to stop watching, it felt very raw and real and I liked the way the film was structured overall, didn't feel too in your face about the whole thing, and kept things on a comfortable level, didn't overdo it in a way that would have ruined what it was trying to go for.To me, Katie's struggle to manage everything around her is I think a general thing that helped made me empathise with her, the idea of a character having a grounded personal struggle underneath everything that's happening was interesting as I thought that the entire film would just be her trying to help her brother, therefore not allowing us to really get a look into her character, but it was quite the opposite, especially with the voiceover element which i thought was a great addition to the story, a clever way for us as the audience to let us into her state of mind and to understand the situation from her perspective without being too on the nose and not being too abstract to be completely pointless. I liked the cinematography in this film, it looked great and there were some good moments of great camera work while there were some bad ones, but not enough to really be a significant negative for the film. Some parts of it definitely felt clumsy and not really clear but overall I understood what it was going for and I enjoyed it. It was a refreshing movie that i enjoyed and I didn't feel like I had wasted my time watching it, I am glad I did because it is a good movie with an interesting narrative and has unique feeling to it. TL:DR: uneventful and undeveloped overall, awkward editing decisions and camera work at points, but has some clever and interesting imagery and underlying themes, has a few great moments of emotional depth, has some good acting and two good main characters I could follow and empathise with, and is sophisticated in its approach and delivery. Would recommend.6.1/10