Sundance Review: My Best Day

Score:F

Director:Erin Greenwell

Cast:Rachel Style, Ashlie Atkinson, Raul Castillo, Jo Armeniox

Running Time:75.00

Rated:NR

It's the Fourth of July, and Karen is mad that she has to work her receptionist gig at a refrigerator repair shop.  In another part of town, Megan is struck deciding between the stability of her longtime girlfriend and the excitement that comes with a new love.  When Karen's long-lost father calls in for a repair, the girls are sent out on a wild adventure that will force them both to confront their decisions head on.

In a nutshell, My Best Day is easily one of the worst films ever made.  Featuring a handful of characters that bear no warmth, no connection, and absolutely no purpose, Erin Greenwell's small-town tale falters right out of the starting gate.

Featuring a rather short runtime of just 75 minutes, I couldn't help but feel as if I was trapped within a story that simply wouldn't end.  Each course of action seemed entirely unexpected as neither Karen nor Megan made any sense with their decisions.

When it came time to wrap up all the loose ends, I couldn't help but feel as if I had wasted my time with these two ladies.  Not only did they make nothing of their day, but their lives did anything but warrant a film.  Sadly, I look back in anguish as I long for my 75 minutes back.

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About Stephen Davis

Stephen Davis
I owe this hobby/career to the one and only Stephanie Peterman who, while interning at Fox, told me that I had too many opinions and irrelevant information to keep it all bottled up inside. I survived my first rated R film, Alive, at the ripe age of 8, it took me months to grasp the fact that Julia Roberts actually died at the end of Steel Magnolias, and I might be the only person alive who actually enjoyed Sorority Row…for its comedic value of course. While my friends can drink you under the table, I can outwatch you when it comes iconic, yet horrid 80s films like Adventures in Babysitting and Troop Beverly Hills. I have no shame when it comes to what I like, and if you have a problem with that, then we’ll settle it on the racquetball court. I see too many movies to actually win any film trivia contest, so don’t waste your first pick on me. My friends rent movies from my bookcase shelves, and one day I do plan to start charging. I long to live in LA, where my movie obsession will actually help me fit in, but for now I am content with my home in Austin. I prefer indies to blockbusters, Longhorns to Sooners and Halloween to Friday the 13th. I miss the classics, as well as John Ritter, and I hope to one day sit down and interview the amazing Kate Winslet.

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