
In a post-September 11th world overflowing with fear and hate, two Latino teens discover that sometimes the only thing that can keep them from drowning is love.... (Full plot summary below)
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In a post-September 11th world overflowing with fear and hate, two Latino teens discover that sometimes the only thing that can keep them from drowning is love.
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| Hollywood ReporterKirk Honeycutt"Don't Let Me Drown" is one of the best film portraits yet of New York City in the aftermath of 9/11. |
| Film School RejectsNeil MillerThe film takes a while to really get going, but once it does get up to speed it really shines. |
| User ReviewSteve S***1/2 (out of four) A sweet and thoughtful little indie that shows both the innocence and the heartbreak of post 9/11 in Brooklyn. The story is a bit like "Romeo and Juliet" with two kids whose familes don't want them to be together. Both have been touched in some way by the events at the World Trade Center less than a week earlier. The two leads are excellent and make the love story very believable. It's emotional and feels real. |
| User ReviewJenn TThis movie had its flaws but was overall really good. I liked that the story was original, it balanced funny with serious, and I think the characters seemed authentic. It sort of bothered me that I felt like they just scouted the shittiest looking blocks in Brooklyn and shot them into a fictional shitty neighborhood that lacked the character that keeping to one neighborhood would have brought. The other issue was the socioeconomic aspect where the lead guy's family is supposed to be so poor that they need $200 more collectively, but he goes on a double-date to Coney Island (and everyone who lives in BK knows that every ride at CI costs $6...they went on at least 5...there is a big chunk of your rent $). The actors were all really good. I question whether the lead guy was actually Mexican but hey, he was hot. The 9/11 aspect of the movie should have been further explored. I think there should have been more of a connection or a better way to show the pain the characters were feeling specifically about the event. A few of the characters expressed having traumatic experiences and flashbacks but I didn't really feel it was legit (as someone who actually had this issue. I mean, I physically couldn't eat for a week after 9/11 and the first time I tried, I threw it up.) Presumably this was supposed to take place in the weeks following 9/11 when the smoke was still billowing from lower Manhattan. I definitely identified with all the kids looking up when a fighter jet flew overhead. The ending was sort of abrupt but I did feel emotion for the characters so I suppose it was a success. |
| User ReviewLee MEvokes the fragile days that followed the terrorist attacks with heartbreaking, often chilling execution. There's a love story wedged in here too, but that ends up only serving to get in the way. |