Refuge

October. 11,2012      NR
Rating:
5.8
Trailer Synopsis Cast

After their parents abandon the family, a young woman works to take care of her younger siblings.

Krysten Ritter as  Amy
Brian Geraghty as  Sam
Logan Huffman as  Nat
Madeleine Martin as  Lucy
Helen Rogers as  Carrie
Joe Pallister as  Steve

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Reviews

Micransix
2012/10/11

Crappy film

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BoardChiri
2012/10/12

Bad Acting and worse Bad Screenplay

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BeSummers
2012/10/13

Funny, strange, confrontational and subversive, this is one of the most interesting experiences you'll have at the cinema this year.

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Lidia Draper
2012/10/14

Great example of an old-fashioned, pure-at-heart escapist event movie that doesn't pretend to be anything that it's not and has boat loads of fun being its own ludicrous self.

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BittanyG
2012/10/15

Rarely write reviews but feel I had to counterbalance the bad ones above. I also stumbled upon this one on Netflix. Sure glad it got a second chance there. I completely fell for this movie, it made me cry which hasn't happened in a very long time from movies. Someone complained of its being unbelievable but please which movie isn't, Lord of the Rings?. The most unbelievable part from a non-US perspective would be the parents leaving like that. But that aside I felt the story well written, the characters believable, the acting fantastic and the movie as a whole felt true and well just wonderful. Can't believe the rating (from the very few who seem to have seen it) is so low but note that Im not alone in really liking it. Interesting how people judge films so differently. This certainly struck a chord within me. If you like indie, drama and are a sucker for romance and feelgood don't miss out on this one. Luuuuved it!

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bjarias
2012/10/16

So here's your totally average guy looses his job, gets in his truck, drives off to life in a new town. Walks into a joint (sportin a 4-day stubble), and presto-pronto hooks up with a totally unattached-available (but GTBW everyone), lovely-as-ever 'Krysten Alyce Ritter'.. binged.it/1tSopmT .. She immediately takes him home, rips his clothes off and 'sleeps' with him. Then two days later, he asks to move in with her, and in an eye-blink she agrees... talk about finding 'refuge.' It's a romanticized, sweet story, with a very decent cast. A majority of viewers will be finding it unlikely to say many negative things.. although the story, without too much argument, would have to be considered quite a bit more than fairytale unbelievable.

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geir-3
2012/10/17

Easily the worst movie I have ever seen. The acting is good. The direction must be a joke on all of us. Human beings are not like this; we have a brain, and are better than this. We are not zombies. I believe this production and the direction of it, is intentional. It is bad. The movie is filled with clichés and lacks authenticity in most scenes. The atmosphere of the film is artificial. The characters, by themselves solicit sympathy, but feels like they are manipulated by the director, complicity or not, to utter the dialog, and complete the film. There is an ineffable quality to all the main characters and they are portrayed in the story as if to play a joke on the audience. I believe the director and the producers intended to betray the audience with this movie.

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Michelle Jones
2012/10/18

I stumbled across this on Netflix and apparently this was perhaps a straight to DVD video, so I wasn't expecting much but it turned out to be a sweet, heartfelt drama. Amy is a young woman with a bright future and college scholarship but chooses to stay home to care for her younger siblings when their parents abandon them. The movie starts after she has been home for a while and is dealing with the frustrations of small town life with parental responsibilities of two teenagers. When a stranger, Sam, drifts into town with his own challenges and interacts with Amy, they each have to come to terms with what happiness means to them.

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