Telling You (1998)

reviewed by
Dustin Putman


Telling You    * * (out of * * * * )

Directed by Robert DeFranco. Cast: Peter Facinelli, Dash Mihok, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Andy Berman, Gary Wolf, Gina Philips, Jennifer Jostyn, Robert DeFranco, Frank Medrano, Matthew Lillard, Richard Libertini, Jennie Garth, Jensen Daggett. 1999 - 94 minutes. Rated R (for profanity and sexual situations). Capsule Review, July 27, 1999.

Robert DeFranco's minor indie film, "Telling You," which came and went in a handful of platform theaters before being shipped off to video has a surprising array of young stars, most of which are put to no good use. Phil (Peter Facinelli) and Dennis (Dash Mihok) are two recent college graduates who work at a pizza place together and are unsure of what they are going to do with their life, questioning some of the things they may have done differently. If "Telling You" had concentrated on the characters, the film may have worked, as the performances are fairly good, particularly by Mihok and Gina Philips, as Mihok's ex-girlfriend from high school, and one flawlessly written and subtle scene between the two late in the picture almost saves it. Alas, the film gets bogged down in cliches and amateurish overplotting, with the other central character's (Phil) plight left frustratingly hanging. Jennifer Love Hewitt, the biggest star in the cast, has a throwaway, one-dimensional role as Phil's bubbly, talkative ex, but she does her best with what she's given, which is next to nothing.

- Copyright 1999 by Dustin Putman Http://hometown.aol.com/FilmFan16/index.html


The review above was posted to the rec.arts.movies.reviews newsgroup (de.rec.film.kritiken for German reviews).
The Internet Movie Database accepts no responsibility for the contents of the review and has no editorial control. Unless stated otherwise, the copyright belongs to the author.
Please direct comments/criticisms of the review to relevant newsgroups.
Broken URLs inthe reviews are the responsibility of the author.
The formatting of the review is likely to differ from the original due to ASCII to HTML conversion.

Related links: index of all rec.arts.movies.reviews reviews