Thursday, 23 August 2012

Wrestling with issues

That's What I Am (2011)

Written and directed by Michael Pavone this film stars Ed Harris, Molly Parker and Chase Ellison. A young boy comes of age during his time in 8th grade thanks to the influence of a teacher.

As a coming of age film this is fairly standard fair, the plot is nothing unusual and while it does aim to look at some interesting issues it never goes deep enough into them or the character motivations. Occasionally the script veers towards over sentimentality but largely manages to stay out away from going over the top. What is unusual about this film is that it was produced by WWE studios, it is a pretty large departure from their usual fair and is really not as bad as you would expect for a film that basically went straight to DVD.

3/5

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