This film by director Jeffrey Goodman is an excellent first effort. Mr. Goodman handles the material with a maturity and subtly that usually only comes with years of experience. Tom Sizemore gives an incredible performance, the best of his career in my opinion. From the opening of the film, you can feel his characters emotion and what could have become a clichéd character, he brings life and depth to. I credit the authenticity of his performance to Mr Goodmans delicate direction of his character. Sasha Alexander brings a solid performance, a quiet sadness that you see with every minute movement of her facial features that somehow also reflects in her eyes.You'll also be pleasantly surprised by the excellent performances by all of the supporting actors, many who are very recognizable and wonderful character actors. The locations are beautiful and the camera work and minimal lighting make them another silent character, whose own story is only briefly touched upon.It's a shame that this film has not gotten a wide release. It deserves more recognition and deserves to be seen. I look forward to more work by Jeffrey Goodman. His future efforts can only get better.
... View MoreJeffery Goodman has directed a film that is a breath of fresh air in its approach and appeals to good psychological story telling. Lullaby is not about CGI, comic book heroes or having perfect shots with all the background players in perfect form. If Jeffery continues his unrelenting, intelligent and intense film making which blends cinematic realism, art and action into a masterwork of 2 people finding each other in their time of need...then he will be the next great Auteur.This is a great movie that should not be limited to the genre of mystery as the drama is well played throughout the movie. While the music is not wall to wall, it does add to the suspense of the movie.Price is well cast with Tom Sizemore as the lead actor and he is believable as a retired hit-man. And Sasha is cast as an attractive Sarah. The sexuality is understated and left to the imagination. She seemed ready for Price but he didn't seem to respond like most men and one has to wonder if he is capable of a romantic moment? Sarah and Price are 2 of a kind in that they cannot sleep because their lives are off course and they need some adjusting to make it right. The on location shooting gave the realism to tell the story and Jeffery edited it in enough of a fast pace to keep it moving along.
... View MoreI just saw this last night at AFI Dallas (The 2nd showing) and I LOVED it! It looked beautiful, sounded kick a**, and kept me on the edge of my seat the whole time.Kudos to everyone involved and here's to more low budget thrillers shot in LA (Louisiana that is)!Jeffrey Goodman should be welcomed into the film community with open arms. He has a great eye for suspense and will make many more films. Tom Sizemore is back! He has a great feel for the pacing of his dialogue and never falls into a regular pattern.Perfect blood spatter! No one ever mentions that, but it's really important when people die, and people die in this movie!
... View MoreThe Last Lullaby transported me as time flew while watching this movie. I felt it would appeal to women and men of many ages. It was very violent in many scenes, but the violence was not without cause nor was is unnecessarily gory. The sound editing was just fantastic with great moments of complete silence as well as very moving gun scenes. There were so many wonderful surprises in this film from moments of comic relief to shifts in the story line and great realizations about these interesting characters. I felt that I really knew these main characters by the end of the film. I cannot say how impressed I was with this film. It can compete with any high budget, big business film I have seen in years!
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