Shithouse

Streamed via Hulu (Showtime) This is a great coming-of-age drama comedy. The horror of freshman year! It's painful how relatable it is, I feel attacked! The characters are sweet and sincere.

I watch a ton of independent movies made my inexperienced filmmakers. I can probably count on one hand the ones where I could not guess that the movie was made for peanuts or that the writers, actors, directors, etc were either raw or untalented. The biggest giveaway is usually the dialog - often the characters are given filler while trying to establish some sort of conflict or waiting for the next scene that will move the plot forward. In this movie there were no such giveaways. I was engrossed in the story from the opening scenes and enjoyed it throughout. At first I thought that the ending might not have fit after what happened a few scenes before it but I don't think it was necessarily out of place. I personally found the discussions around growing up and surviving college to be interesting. It felt kind of superficial at first but it really ends up going to a deeper place as the story unfolds. follow me at https://IHATEBadMovies.com or facebook IHATEBadMovies