#carson white

Director and Writer: Vince Marcello. 2018

Growing up I saw a lot of movies with the same tropes as the one’s present on his movie: The bad guy with a secret heart of gold, best friends that lived next to each other that ultimately have a fall out, arcade games and the Santa Monica pier were present in a lot of movies. This movie takes a lot of classical tropes from the 90s and mash them together, brining the best of each and creating a meaningfull movie about first love, friendship and growing up.

The story is good and told in an upbeat and funny way, mixed with a lot of heartache, I really liked how they represented the big first love, how much it does affect us and shapes the way we love, teaching future generations (and making older generations to think) about how this great, big, extraordinary first love doesn’t last forever and that’s okay, our first love tents to stay in our hearts, but not always in our lives.

The cast does a great job to bring the story to life and the music really helps to set the pace.