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Easier with Practice

Brian Geraghty (Actor), Kel O'Neill (Actor), Kyle Patrick Alvarez (Director) Rated:

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A writer traveling to promote his unpublished novel enters into a bizarre phone relationship with a mysterious woman in this cellular love story based on Davey Rothbart's autobiographical GQ article of the same name. Davy Mitchell (Brian Geraghty) is a writer who has yet to realize his full potential. In order to raise awareness about his latest manuscript, Davy hits the road with his younger brother Sean (Kel O'Neill) and begins performing readings for small groups across the country. One night, while sitting in a lonely hotel, Davy's phone rings unexpectedly. The voice on the other end of the line belongs to Nicole, and before long Davy and Nicole have established a unique bond despite the fact that they've never actually met face to face. The more Davy gets to know Nicole, the happier he becomes. But when the time finally comes to meet his long-distance love interest, the itinerant writer realizes that before he can truly be honest with Nicole, he must first start being honest with himself.

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MPAA rating ‏ : ‎ NR (Not Rated)
Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 0.7 x 7.5 x 5.4 inches; 2.72 ounces
Item model number ‏ : ‎ 5797044
Director ‏ : ‎ Kyle Patrick Alvarez
Media Format ‏ : ‎ Multiple Formats, NTSC, Color, Widescreen
Run time ‏ : ‎ 1 hour and 40 minutes
Release date ‏ : ‎ April 6, 2010
Actors ‏ : ‎ Brian Geraghty, Kel O'Neill, Marguerite Moreau, Jeanette Brox, Jenna Gavigan
Studio ‏ : ‎ Breaking Glass
ASIN ‏ : ‎ B003517UW2
Country of Origin ‏ : ‎ USA
Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1

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Mark from SoCal

For indie lovers only

Reviewed in the United States on June 27, 2010

This movie is fine for indie lovers. The acting was good. However, for mainstream movie viewers, the plot will be too slow, the twist will be too far-fetched, and the lack of an ending, while ultimately predictable and believable, will still be unsatisfying.

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B. Wenrich

A Rare Unique Film

Reviewed in the United States on February 9, 2010

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It's a rare thing indeed for a truly unique story to get the funding to be made into a movie. Sure you can get your recycled ideas in 3D filled with big name celebrities retreading the same water that has been run through a million times before, but what's the point? There's a reason Easier With Practice exists and that is to show the world and movie going public that there is still some humanity left out there. It's not on some distant planet, but here, on the other end of a telephone.

See what independent film fans and festival goers are already discovering. A movie with a true heart, a unique story, and is made by people that LOVE cinema, Easier With Practice.

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Starfighter77

Good

Reviewed in the United States on February 5, 2013

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The movie is good, and the story interesting. It's well acted, and nuanced in a manner that is engaging. My only real complaint is that the main character Davy is much different than my perception of the real Davy (Rothbart, whose story this is), and I wish that wasn't so. Rothbart, in real life, is incredibly charismatic and has a positive presence. I think it'd have been interesting for the movie character Davy to reflect that, as it makes for a nice juxtaposition with the relationship with Nicole. People like Rothbart we think we know because he's so personable; the story of Nicole, and his inexperience in relationships is something we'd never expect. So why not have the character reflect that? I'd be 100 percent sold with the whole thing. And nice Rosebuds song at the end.

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Robert Byrd

An Overall Good Film

Reviewed in the United States on August 2, 2010

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Even though aspects of the story presented in this first feature by Mr. Alvarez seem somewhat implausible, other elements of the plot feel so sincere and honest that I would say overall this a very successful film. The fact that it's based on a true story actually makes it all the more interesting, but I wonder if what we see in the film is entirely based on truth or, as is the case with many films based on true stories, the director took "creative liberties" with the truth. Whatever the case, the real shining glory of this movie is the strong performance of Brian Geraghy. He's a young actor with a very bright future. I completely bought into his portrayal of a very shy and sexually dysfunctional writer. So, kudos to all involved in this labor of love and I strongly encourage readers of this review who have not seen the film to check it out - I think you will really enjoy it.

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J. Martin

A dishonest and mean-spirited movie

Reviewed in the United States on August 29, 2013

It's impossible to write a meaningful review of this movie without revealing the surprise ending. Anybody who leaves out the last 20 minutes is giving an unbalanced review that will leave many viewers feeling angry and betrayed if they see the movie based on that review. This is one of the three huge flaws in the movie, which I will elaborate below.

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PROCEED ONLY IF YOU ALREADY KNOW OR WANT TO KNOW HOW THIS MOVIE ENDS.

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That's its first big flaw. This movie forces a conscientious reviewer to reveal the ending because it presents itself dishonestly as a gently romantic and sensitive character study when it's really a thriller. The ending betrays a viewer who has fallen under its sensitive, romantic spell with a shocking twist at the end. That is certainly a novel approach in movie-making, but it's also mean-spirited - almost as bad as secretly rewriting Winnie-the-Pooh so that it ends with Christopher Robin being gang-raped, but not warning parents before they read the book to their children.

This is as good a place as any to deal with the often-repeated excuse "But it's a true story!", because that's a lie. Even if the Davy Rothbart story the movie is based on is completely true (and there's good reason to doubt that), this movie distorts his story. (You can still read it on the GQ website, as I did; it's a badly-written and annoying story, by the way - hardly worth making into a movie.)

In the story, Davy had already suspected that "Nicole" might be a man, but he was having fun so he kept playing the phone-sex game. He was savvy and worldly, not at all the totally clueless, paralyzingly shy man the Davy in the movie is. It is unforgivable for the movie to create such a helpless, hopeless, rawly vulnerable character and then rip his slowly emerging, microscopic hopes to shreds the way this horrible movie does.

That's its second big flaw. It creates a preternaturally innocent, naive and vulnerable protagonist and then brutalizes him for entertainment.

The third, and to me the most unforgivable, flaw in this offensive movie is that the horror at the end of the tunnel is the fact that "Nicole" is really a gay man. Aaron is a man almost as shy and vulnerable as Davy is, but he's as unattractive as Davy is adorable. Davy is enormously appealing in his innocence and his sweet vulnerability - but Aaron is just a sleazy, lying, slimy creep.

Being gay is wonderful. I love it. I wouldn't be straight if you gave me a billion dollars. So having the monster who suddenly punches you in the gut at the end of a "heartwarming" movie be a gay man is deeply insulting. And then to have him be a creep, a pervert, a disgusting loser - in sharp contrast to Davy's charming, heartwarming (and straight!) loser - makes the insult even more appalling.

I cannot imagine what kind of person likes this movie. Certainly not any gay person; or any shy person, gay or straight; or anyone who cares about shy or gay people. The only audience I can imagine for this movie is severely abused women serving life sentences for murdering their abusers. They might be able to identify with the Davy this movie creates and then savages for entertainment by revealing that his secret love is a gay creep.

Don't blame it on Rothbart's story, as dumb and offensive as that story is; blame it on Alvarez's movie, which is far worse.

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Raikitsu

Pelí

Reviewed in Spain on May 12, 2019

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Fue un pedido para mi novia así que no puedo opinar de la película.

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noz.470

... it's ok

Reviewed in Canada on June 1, 2014

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The quality and condition of the physical DVD was perfect. As for the plot and enjoyment of the movie itself: boring. I was surprised how disappointing the movie was given all the positive reviews it had.

BRIAN HARWOOD

Five Stars

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 31, 2015

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EXCELLENT FILM.

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