Great Film overall

Don't listen to the negative reviews

As Good As It Gets

It’s not bad or unwatchable but despite the amplitude of the spectacle, the end result is underwhelming.

You cannot call the plot or ending - definitely worth a watch

Absolute garbage. Lousy script, lousy actors, no plot. Total waste of time.

Dutch Kills is a street in New York City, as we see in one of the early scenes.Ash is out of prison. Tony the Bartender is ready to take him in and give him anything he needs. I have to assume since there was a parole officer in the credits that he is the voice telling Ashley all the things that he could do wrong which will send him right back to prison. Valentino (or Val) was in prison but he has been out for a while. He loses his job at a garage because there's not enough work for two people. As hard as she works, his sister Gina (who has a young daughter Janelle) is in debt to Lou and if Valentino doesn't do a job for Lou with his friends, Lou will find another way to collect.Ash is one of the friends that Val asks to help him with this job. There is also Cal, who plays guitar on the street for whatever people will put in his cup. And Daisy also joins the group.Lou is a drug dealer, among other things, and in addition to threatening people who owe him money, he owes money to someone whose goons beat him up to show she means business. There is one more detail you need to know about Lou, but it's better if you find out the way I did.Val starts dating his pretty neighbor Vane (sounds like Bonnie to me). Ash also has a romantic relationship with Daisy.There are two bars. Tony's is dark and depressing but the people are friendly. Tony is a great guy with a definite Irish accent. Charlie's looks good but people get threatened and beat up there. Plus one room apparently had Pol Pot do the designing.One job isn't enough for Lou. He wants the group to do another job, and once again, he shows he means business. This is a depressing movie. There are a few laughs, especially from Daisy's mom in one scene, but not enough.One positive feature of the movie is Val. Sure, he has committed some crimes and is forced to do so here, but he's a good guy. He's enjoyable to watch and you want to root for him.Lou has few redeeming qualities but the actor playing him does a good job. Ash is harder to like but I guess we want to see him succeed as well.This is not family friendly. So many words are bleeped out that in some scenes there's not a whole lot left to explain what's going on. But I suppose it's not excessively violent.If you like this sort of thing, I suppose this is a good movie.

So I went into this film knowing that it was a low budget Indie, so I definitely wasn't expecting much. But I was really surprised this was a really great script with a depth of characters and acting that you don't usually see in Indies... The camera-work was great, really showed off a gritty / tough side of new york that we used to see in NY Crime films! and it looked like it was a bigger budget than what it says it was on here lol! But I think the real star of the show was the script which has a a great cast of characters and you're not quite sure who to follow, then you start to realize people aren't quite who you thought they were and the film really gets going! If you like indie films then this is definitely worth watching! (And cool to think some of these actors might be on bigger stuff soon and I saw them here first!)