Billy Boy

Yes, I know the backstory, and Blake needs to be held accountable. He abused Melissa, hit her, all kinds of bs and he's psychotic. I'M NOT DEFENDING HIM. But the thing is, he's actually a damn good actor. And if you take all the backstage stuff away, you'll see that this is actually a pretty good movie. BUT! We CAN'T take that away. It's not right. And it's all so sad. He's a good actor and had future, but threw it all away. That's what's such a freaking shame. I get the low-rating though - people are (rightfully!) boycotting this film because of everything that happened AND it has a low budget cause it's Blake's debut as a writer. In any case, the guy needs to be held accountable, and I am glad that Melissa is free. #IstandwithMelissa.

Billy Boy is not an easy movie to watch and is certainly not going to appeal to everyone. This is not a Hollywood film , Hollywood would have turned this into some fake story about a bad boy with a heart of gold who gets the girl in the end. Horribly realistic, this is a movie with gritty and raw performances, especially from the talented lead who also wrote the film, but everyone is excellent in their role. The locations are perfect, the characters true to life. I don't love the use of playing the film backwards in some scenes, and the film does rely on the use now of telling the story out of order, but in this case it works. I have seen this movie a few times and will never understand it's poor rating and reviews. It really is a little gem if you like your stories personal and ugly. I think it's the sheer ugliness of the characters , story and ending that are turning viewers off, but it's a great film.

The timeline just jumps all over the place with no clue if its past or present. With the bad acting it is also annoying. The kid gets beat by his friend but all his fights are with everyone else, He unstable, has no guts and makes bad decisions, I guess that makes a character if the timeline was stable at least.

Billy (Blake Jenner) is part of a gang of four that wears masks and hijacks automobiles, while robbing and beating the driver. Billy has an altercation with Mikey (Grant Harvey) a psychotic member of the group who takes things too far. Billy is slowly attempting to better himself, but isn't committed to the process. This is a story on how circumstances end up affecting our lives. Many boring scenes. The director liked using reverse film to show a memory, which it does a lot. Guide: F-word, sex, brief nudity.

I don't recommend this film. It really gets lost in all the crazy camera stunts. Actors were generally good, but a waste of Melissa Benoist's talent. I now understand why she made it as these were people from her prior series Glee. She needs to find better films. She's very good actress, she is very talented. Enjoy Supergirl instead.

Zero stars. Pretentious,butt hurt,idiots trying playing real life. Skip this turd for sure or check it out for yourself and then complain about your wasted time.

This movie is extremely powerful. The story telling is bold and very real, leaving nothing behind. All of the performances by all of the actors were very strong and because of this, as soon as the movie started, I felt instantly connected to them and going on this gritty story telling adventure with all of them. The film was beautifully shot, and the world which was created for the characters truly depicted what I had envisioned when watching the film. I highly recommend this film on all levels.

I had high hopes for the movie but I was sadly disappointed. I thought it was terrible. It was difficult to follow the story, if the scenes were current or flashbacks, questionable acting on the part of several actors including Jenner. It's just not a good film. Period.