has everything, except....

Rating: 6/10 (31 January 2014)

love the characters. all the actors do a fantastic job. the film has style. it really brings you in.
the film has an important message, but it fails to complete the story. we get to know this guy, we root for him, we feel bad for him, maybe a tad disgusted by him, and then his life seemingly starts to change, but the movie ends abruptly, just when it had a head of steam it stops dead.
this is 3/4 of a movie... with sooooo much potential in how it could have finished. Joseph is great, but how could he have watched his work, and where it ends, and been happy with it? I don't know.
see it for the beautiful people, but if your one of those that hates abrupt endings that didn't finish any of the storyline - you'll hate this.
it was all right there for the taking too.... could have easily been an 8 and a top 10 film for 2013, but this is the worst example of "no ending whatsoever" that I've had to endure in quite some time.
I have to give it up for the acting though - top notch across the board. Good idea. Great characters. Interesting storyline. Tough-subject matter handed rather deftly. BUT. No ending.
57/100