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Brilliant and touching

Best movie ever!

Clever, believable, and super fun to watch. It totally has replay value.

Watching it is like watching the spectacle of a class clown at their best: you laugh at their jokes, instigate their defiance, and "ooooh" when they get in trouble.

ALIENATED is an indie relationship drama masquerading as a science fiction movie. The main couple in the film witness a UFO sighting at the outset and there's some chat about conspiracy theories but the rest is a merely humdrum concoction all about a bickering couple hanging around in their house. The pacing is snail-slow and the actors feel bored by the whole thing, and you can hardly blame them.

I am a real person, who really saw this movie, and has nothing at all to gain from leaving a positive and or negative review. Read below for my criteria on how I rate these movies. Some people seem to be complaining about the positive review ratio, not sure if those are valid concerns or not. I am not friends with the actors or distribution manager or anything like that, I chose to see this movie on a suggestion.Alienated is one of those movies that reminds anyone that has been in a a deteriorating long term relationship exactly how petty, small, and jaded we can become.First, for all the talk of aliens in this movie, you can replace the aliens with just about any "fantastic" object and or situation and the movie still plays. The "aliens" are just the beginning of a conversation. This is not an Alien movie in my opinion, it is a movie about relationships. If you are going in expecting a sci-fi flick you'll be surprised to find out it isn't.The movie opens with Nate, played by George Katt, witnessing a strange event/phenomenon. As he walks back into his house, the first thing you notice is he doesn't run in and tell his wife Paige, played by Jen Burry, what he just saw. They begin typical couple chit-chat as they prep for a party, but they have a subtle, yet noticeable little nag back and forth.As thing progress, you begin to note that not all is well in this household. There are petty jealousies and simply inane and pointless bickering. The movie is uncomfortable at some points because we all either know a couple in this situation or have been there ourselves.Enter, Griffin, played by the immortal Taylor Negron. Griffin is the next-door neighbor that offers Nate some insights into his life. Negron does not play a big part, but as a veteran actor he does a great job with his part. Would have liked to see more of him in this movie.I won't spoil it too much, but I look at this movie differently than most of the other reviewers. I see Griffin as a Jiminy Cricket character. In my opinion, he is just the subconscious thoughts of Nate and doesn't actually "exist".The end of the movie (which I won't spoil) isn't really what it appears to be. It is an illustration of exactly how when we are caught in these bad situations and relationships the entire world outside out little "Situation" just evaporates. There can be an alien invasion, a nuclear blast, or whatever, but we are just focused on the small things and missing the big picture, like maybe actually caring or no longer caring for the other person.I liked the movie. I was pleasantly surprised and it was worth my time.**** My rating system **** I have rated well over 700 movies on IMDb, and written reviews for quite a few. I try to take a scientific approach and as a result, my ratings fit a bell-curve pattern as would be expected over a large sample set. I am slightly skewed on the tail (Hey, when I hate a movie I hate it) and slightly under represented on the head (Hard to find a perfect 10 IMHO).I rate Independent flicks against independent flicks, and I rate big Hollywood against big Hollywood. It is not fair to take a movie that cost tens of thousands of dollars or less and compare it to a movie that costs 7 or 8 figures (Maybe 9!) With unlimited retakes, huge production crews, massive marketing budgets, teams of professional writers/re-writers etc I expect more out of big Hollywood movie. I try to rate equally on story.I like to take the time to write reviews about smaller independent movies rather than movies that 1000s of reviews as I hope some one takes what I write seriously rather than getting lost in a cacophony of similar voices.

I loved this movie. It is not your typical sci fi theme film but it is still very interesting. I felt that the film is interested in more than just traditional science fiction themes. It is more about our lives in relation to potentially catastrophic events. The film made me ponder - "in the grand scheme of things, what is really important?" Certainly not the problems we create for ourselves. Similar to Woody Allen's Manhattan (though a completely different type of film), it asks us about more than just aliens and spacecrafts. Taylor Negron was really interesting. His character Griffin is like an all-knowing sage who knows more than it seems. This was an eerie performance from Negron, who seemed to understand that life and death is more important than our own self importance. It really made me think.

I saw this film at a film festival and it surprised me. I was expecting a depressing tone and instead we were laughing along with the entire audience. The dialogue was at times cutting and sometimes harsh but it was really funny in a cerebral way. The way we communicate during tough times with people we love is really examined in this movie. The actors' performances stole the show. George Katt was amazing as the self absorbed Nate. Jen Burry was incredible as his wife Paige. Taylor Negron was a revelation. This was his last film unfortunately but it was one of his most revealing and honest in my opinion. I wish he were here to see how well his performance is being received. His performance along with the other actors and the film itself was well deserving of the awards it has won! A great job by writer/director Brian Ackley. The film will not be for everyone and it doesn't need to be.