I watched this right after seeing another movie with the same-but-different "weird town" premise. That one was god-awful even though it had three pretty big name stars in it, so when Welcome to Redville started out, it seemed to me that it had great promise--the lighting and filming were "on" and seemed to be done by someone who had the skills for the job (a thousand times better than the other movie I'd just seen). The two main characters were young and cute-ish and I was ready for a hip sort of flick. It all went downhill from there.

I think this movie wanted to be a cult classic, but it just wasn't. The storyline and rest of the cast just seemed to be done and done again, and the main guy started to really get on my nerves for some reason and didn't even seem cute anymore. I probably would've given this one star if I hadn't just watched one that was worse.

I am a huge fan of small films. I seek out these titles and support them (paying viewer.) I also watched the director's previous feature Shadow Hours. That film stuck with me if only for its unusual themes.

Welcome to Redville is a difficult film to digest. I found myself wanting to turn off the television in frustration, but desiring to see the movie to its conclusion anyway. There are several reasons for this.

The film seems more concerned with immersing the viewer in its' odd small-town setting more than committing to an actual story. IT does succeed at this, though. The actors all do their job adequately, but the script does no one any favors. The soundtrack of the film often counteracts the specific tone of a scene, with strange circus-style tunes playing when serious emotional exchanges occur. The implausible story ultimately implodes on itself at the end, with the "twist" frustratingly arriving in the films final moments.

I will watch the director's next feature. I am sure the lead actors in the film all have great careers ahead of them. I am not rating this lower because it is clear that effort was put into this production.

I would recommend skipping this one unless you cannot find anything else streaming, or you want to play a drinking game with friends.

Dished as an American road-movie type of crime-comedy, we get another story about a criminal couple acting in the dumbest possible ways, and the BS story turning out to be their delusions due to their death-throes. The end of denial!

"After a diamond robbery, a couple of young adults is on the run from the police. They seemingly make it out of town, rushing through the desert in their car, when they reach a small town named Redville. People there are simple, and somehow weird or odd. Protagonist looking like the son of Leonardo diCaprio gone viking gets paranoid about it, while his girlfriend wants to play it safe. Still, to prove himself a complete moron, he gets into a bar, falls for the daughter of Margot Robbie style Blonde therein TWICE, after the first heist idea made her already betray him and his GF. Coincidence it is, that Blonde is also the daughter of the local Sheriff, so our super-pro diamond-robber on the run can make even more mistakes a real criminal would avoid. Closure cheap-shots it into the weird BS was the aneurism in the brain, as our protagonist couple in truth was dying in the car, which had not made the escape, but crashed in the desert. Redville vanishing, as it was just the delusion of a dying brain. Done."

At 120% playback speed the movie was still lame, and it did not reach the quality older movies offered on the topic of robbers & getaways either. Still, the constant fame-phishing from more successful actors, actresses, and movies made it a bit funny, as I had Shutter Island, Suicide Squad, and my ideas about how to write that screenplay better.

The movie MAY be 10 stars to spoof-fans, parody fans, low IQ people, very simple people, and medical-weed-overdose people. Alcohol alone does not seem to make it bearable, though. ;-)