Susie Q (2016) User Reviews (3)

I don't understand how this is rated so highly

[nathan-little12345 · 1/10 · 5 December 2016]

So I learnt about this film from reddit, where it was frequently posted. I like to watch people's shorts, music videos and in this case a feature to see how well other people make films without a Hollywood budget.

Unfortunately for the case of 'Susie Q' there is little done well.

First off the dialogue is either badly mixed or a poor dub and does not feel natural (excluding voice overs), and this continues throughout rest of the film. The redeeming factors are when there is no dialogue and music is the carrier of the scene.

Which leads me on to the visuals. Now, not every film needs to be beautifully shot to be good. But in my opinion the visuals lack even a small amount of creativity, and if anything it looks like a student production. And when you have a scene that is being carried by music it needs to have the visual aesthetic to make it worthwhile to watch.

Then there must be a redemption in the editing? No. This 'comedy' has very poor comedic timing and jokes just fall short, which is unfortunate because the story itself is interesting and has some potential to be a good comedy.

I feel that this film was better suited in a short-film format, more effort could have been put into... well every aspect of the film. I feel that the team behind this project were way in over their head with a feature length film and could have produced something of considerably higher quality if it was 1/10 of the run time

An honest movie

[jharewood-78134 · 10/10 · 20 January 2023]

Like real honest, not Hollywood pretentious honest. It's a movie about bad people and is unapologetic that they don't end up having some redeeming quality. Like Trainspotting, it's what makes it fun (and funny). Also, the cinematography is flat out gorgeous. A lot of people won't watch black and white movies, but this one looks really good and adds to the overall style of the movie. Would I recommend it to someone who lives by the MCU? IDK but if you like movies like Trainspotting or A Clockwork Orange you'll get a kick out of this. I'm also from the midwest and love seeing NYC like this, reminds me of movies from the 70s like Serpico.

Movies are great! That's it!

[fernandolino · 10/10 · 3 January 2024]

This film is going to have maximum rating from me because of the love for the form that can be seen in it.

This is a film made by someone who loves movies. It's incredibly consistent visually. It doesn't let itself fall in the trap of stellar technique in detriment of emotion and genuine care for the characters. At times the film felt like it was shot on film but it didn't seem to wrestle with that.

I liked very much the use of black of white and how creative it is with the editing - it tries a little bit of everything but it doesn't feel like it's showing off. It serves the story and the characters.