Last Day Of Summer

Here's a movie with an identity crisis and ends up disappointing the viewer because there's not enough comedy and too much drama that seems mean spirited and forced. Starring D.J. Qualls (good god man, eat a sandwich!) and Nikki Reed with William Sadler as Joe's (Qualls) asswipe of a boss Mr. Crolick where both of them work at a burger joint.

To say that he's a horrible boss is an understatement. He makes fun of Joe constantly and has him cleaning out toilets for most of the time he's there. He constantly tells him he's not much of an employee so basically Joe is feeling rather worthless most of the time. He's fed up with his boss so he sets out to do something about it. But he chickens out and now feels even worse and It is that day when he meets up with Stefanie who is walking out of the restaurant. She doesn't talk to him because she doesn't know him. He thought she had looked at him so he's confused by the silence. What he does next basically ruined the rest of the movie for me because it just didn't make any sense to me within the context of the film. Besides having no chemistry between the two leads the director (Vlad Yudin) can't make up his mind if he wants a comedy or a drama. Basically it's not the actor's fault because they do what they can with the script. Look Qualls and Reed are not going to win any acting awards in the near future but both have done some good decent roles in the past (Reed for Thirteen, Mini's Last Time and Qualls for The New Guy and a small role in I'm Reed Fish). I would say that William Sadler puts in the best performance by far. He is truly a boss you love to hate in this film. I just can't recommend it for that performance alone though. You can pass on this one if you want.