This movie had such a solid storyline, but the set flaws, rigid lines & acting that couldn't satisfy a role play at a work function.

The story had so much promise. I gave it a 3 simply because of the solid baseline story. The execution is a 1...barely.

Low budget can still be done with a bit of set design & direction. This movie didn't even try, using fake trees in half of the sets & clothing/props that didn't exist in 1993. The soundtrack is annoying. The blocking was so weird...people conversing awkwardly less than 2 ft apart & no emotion or expression.

If they would have looked around Iowa for actors they would have found better leads. Most of the actors recite lines like a 12 year old reading a school play script for the 1st time. No character envelopmemt at all. I could literally find half a dozen friends to fill these roles with powerful characters & some feeling behind each scene. Sad. Sad because some former players would.probably love to see this movie to have done better.

Whoever did casting & accepted the acting as finished product should not be doing movies professionally.

This could have had a lot of potential. It makes for an interesting story line, converting it to a love story. However, the budget had to be so low, I think it might have been filmed on an iPad. The acting was really weak, the camera work was slow, the scene fades were awkward and there were a ton of choppy scenes. I think most of the actors had to be pulled directly from the nearby towns. The lead male actor was actually decent, but after that, it was pretty rough. I graduated high school in the early 90's so this was a pretty neat idea for a movie. But again, it was just done so poorly.