Nice Quiet Life (A)
- Director: Edgar Michael Bravo
- Writer: Edgar Michael Bravo
- Producer: John Paul Rice
CGiii Comment
A subject - perhaps - too big for the budget...but, as valiant a stab at schizophrenia as this is...it merely scratches at the surface...the possibility was there...but, it focused on the wrong person.
Obviously, Mr Bravo wanted to show the devastating effects that schizophrenia has on family, friends and lovers. Sadly, here, the once-supportive boyfriend moves on - rather quickly...with relative ease.
Now, if this had been a first feature...the mistakes could be forgiven...due to inexperience. Alas, that's not the case here. The biggest mistake is...everything is told rather than shown...at times, the dialogue sounds like a text book.
Perhaps, a less clinical approach would have made this film more involving, it's all just a little too planned, precise and predictable. There's nothing predictable about mental illness!
This film has been renamed, repackaged, relaunched, re-dated and re-cut...we watched in 2016, when it was called: A Young Man's Future...!
Does the 2018 version differ greatly from the original? A question we won't mull over for too long!
Trailer...
The(ir) Blurb...
“A young man’s future” is the dramatic story about two gay college students who fall in love one year before graduation and have bright futures until one of them develops schizophrenia. The film shows the impact this disease has on his lover, the families of both young men and offers its audience a message of love that transcends romance.
Cast & Characters
Jordan Becker as Jeremy Driscoll;
Taylor Clift as Scott Daley;
Derek S. Orr as Bill Daley;
Jacob Fortner as Elliot Holden;
Nancy Daly as Rachael Driscoll;
Richard Roddy as Gavin Driscoll;
Kimberly Spak as Dr. Elaine Jackson;
Markell Leo as Derrick Green, Medical Intern;
Andrea Martina as Partygoer;
Bryan Scamman as Travis;
Hadley Wells as Melissa;
Dhrunad Kamle as Partygoer;
Chandler Juliet as Partygoer;
Alexander Olson as Partygoer;
Ricky Rhodes as Partygoer