Dakota Skye is a 17 year old Phoenix high school student, "medium cute", and has a superpower. She can see the truth of a lie like the caption to a foreign language film. Her boyfriend Kevin is nice but loves sex more than her. That's fine since she's apathetic after a life of seeing lies. Her father is dead and her mother is often absent. Her best friend Beth is desperate for her to study the SATs. Dakota simply doesn't care about the future until Kevin's old friend Jonah Moreno comes for a visit. He's an aspiring actor in New York and he doesn't seem to lie.It's a terrific idea. The concept is played out in a teen relationship, non-superhero way. One must keep in mind that this is a small budget indie. The young actors are fair. The lead character's passivity does leave some of the movie lacking energy. On the other hand, it is a touching and adds something original to the coming-of-age genre. I would have liked to see Dakota use her powers in some ways although I understand the idea that she is completely worn out.

I had read so many good things about Dakota Skye, that I had to track it down and give it a spin. I agree with some of the positive things that have been said about it. The young actors that are the stars were uniformly wonderful and believable. The direction and acting all shared an organic feel, that made it easy to get into the vibe of the movie. Other than that, I wasn't really wowed by Dakota Skye. The story is interesting enough, and Dakota's ability, while fantastical, actually serves as the emotional groundwork of the movie. Dakota's personality is perfectly reasonable, given her circumstances. I know I'd be as cynical and jaded as she occasionally was. Maybe even more. It's refreshing to see such a well-written character. But beyond that, the movie was never much more than a mildly enjoyable experience. Decent, but not great. I liked the idea more than its actual execution.

There are no bad guys, exploding cars, or anything else that so frequents Hollywood's expensive films.Our disillusioned heroine, who knows that everyone lies, even herself, leads her life day to day with no thought of the future, has stopped looking for someone, anyone who doesn't lie, almost as if she has stopped looking for happiness.What you get here is a film put together with love and care that explores real situations with real people. How love finds you when you are not looking for it. The chemistry between the leads is perfect, and you can easily forget that this film is an independent without that big budget backing it up.Take the time and go on a journey with some real people who find that choices are not easy, even when it pertains to your heart.

This was an excellent film! I just saw it at the Phoenix Film Festival. Very realistic and convincing. Her story is completely normal in every other respect besides her ability, and I connected much more with the movie because of it. Her quest felt like something a real person would go through. She's unsure of her future, unsure of her feelings, and everything is just confusing. I don't think it can get more accurate than that when describing adolescence. Some people might judge bits of the content to be inappropriate, but I feel that if it hadn't of been there, I couldn't have taken the characters and plot seriously. I really enjoy the fact the Dakota's superpower both is and is not the focus of the movie. The writers were able to make it stay far from any cheesy superpower movie clichés, which was wonderful. The ability was just a tool to allow her to discover parts of herself. I loved the film, excellent work!