I found this movie on Netflix streaming. The premise concerns a young 20-something couple trying hard to use their college education towards a conventional existence in Indiana (filmed in New York). He is a phone salesman trying to get people to buy extended warranties. She is shopping around for a job. But they are barely making ends meet.The young wife is Juno Temple as Alice and the young husband is Michael Angarano John. One day they are driving in a rural area and get hit by a truck that didn't stop at an intersection. There also was a dilapidated antique shop. They go in and on impulse Alice sees and steals a nicely decorated brass pot.Thinking it was only an attractive pot, one day while curling her hair she burns herself and yelps, then finds that the brass pot generated some money, several $20 bills. A light went off in her head, she purposely hurts herself again and more money. Then, the greater the hurt the greater the amount of money.So what we have here is a seemingly unlimited source of money for two young people who are pretty much broke. This spirals into a number of other situations as they try to figure out how to make a million dollars. But some research shows that the brass pot and its magic may be a terror in the long run.Somewhat different theme from most modern movies, I enjoyed it.

A young couple steal a teapot that they find out dispenses money when they hurt themselves but that's not the end of it's powers. It's an interesting and unusual idea for a film and it works. It plays as a dark comedy drama with a bit of morality thrown in. There are plenty funny moments throughout but also a fair dose of drama as things go increasingly wrong for the couple. The script is sharp, flows along at a nice pace and the story never quite goes where you think it will.The Brass Teapot is helped by strong performances from a strong cast especially the two leads Michael Angarano and Juno Temple who have a good chemistry and both put in excellent performances. This is a rare film that actually delivers more than you think. It is highly recommended and deserves a much higher profile.

John goes to work at the Laurel Springs Office Building. Alice goes to a job interview. He gets a reprimand from the boss, she does not get the job. Their funds are already short. So they go to a party and get drunk. They get T-boned by a truck. It's amazing she was still alive, much less untouched. Alice spots an antiques shop, and runs into it. She steals a rather nice looking teapot. The next day, she accidentally burns herself (slightly); the teapot jiggles. She looks inside and finds 200 USD. She tries to replicate this, but hurt herself more. The pot gives her 700 USD. She trips and falls; more money comes from the teapot. About the same time, John gets fired.John comes home to find the place messed up, and Alice bloodied in multiple places. She eventually convinces him of the conceit of the film. A harsh knee slam to his crotch was initially worth quite a bit of money. John goes back to the place where Alice stole the teapot. It is marked 'Closed' and is boarded up. Very unfortunately, John goes on Antiques Roadshow and gets an appraisal. A man of long Chinese heritage sees the show, and makes a new notation on a wall map. He was not the only one who watched. Clearly, they are screwed.They get into mainlining pain: tattoos, whipping, dental work without pain killers, burning flesh, and so on. They have no explanations for getting out of debt without jobs. Two large Hasidic Jewish fellows drop by and beat the nonsense out of John, telling them that it was a family heirloom, and their relative had died. They paid these folks off from the cash that John's beating generated. The Chinese man tries to warn them, but they rebuff him.They make investments that fail, and splurge on all sorts of things: a huge new house, clothes, restaurants. An old acquaintance tries to steal it; the Jewish fellows break in to steal it. Alice tries to beat up the Jewish guys who are buff and about six feet two. She keeps the pot, but they do her some damage.The diminishing returns start. The same amount of pain endured results in less reward. Then they discover that if the teapot is near someone else's pain, they also get money. Unfortunately, Alice tries hit and run to generate money. They also discover that emotional pain generates cash.Does the moral descent ever end? -------Scores-------Cinematography: 10/10 The introductory credits were absolutely beautiful. Then there was the rest of the film, which was quite nicely shot.Sound: 8/10 OK.Acting: 2/10 Terrible. Alexis Bledel was okay, but Juno Temple, Michael Angarano, and most of the supporting actors were indeed bad.Screenplay: 6/10 A fairly sound story gets told through poor actors.

I watch a lot of movies on in my spare time. I have seen just about every Juno Temple flick and am usually disappointed. It's not that I think she is a bad actress it's just that I think that she seems to pick bad roles. I really enjoyed her in this one though. This is one of those films that you look at the title and see the the list of actors and actresses and you really don't think that it will be that great. My experience with this film was just the opposite.Juno Temple and Michael Angarano are definitely the two stars of the movie so don't go in thinking that this is a Gilmore Girls type of movie. There were not a lot of scenes with bad language and Juno for the most part keeps her close on. I would say that if your kids are High School level then this show should be appropriate. Some of the effects with the teapot were kind of generic and the fact that they never really get majorly injured in performing these acts was a little bit hokey. These are the reasons why I give it a nine instead of a ten. Overall I thought this was a great film and definitely worth a the time to watch.