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Other People's Children (2015) Online
Original Title :
Other Peopleu0027s Children
Genre :
Movie / Drama / Romance
Year :
2015
Directror :
Liz Hinlein
Cast :
Diane Gaeta,Chad Michael Murray,Michael Mosley
Writer :
Adrienne Harris,Adrienne Harris
Budget :
$700,000
Type :
Movie
Time :
1h 25min
Rating :
6.5/10
Other People's Children (2015) Online

Reeling from the death of her famous father, filmmaker Samantha Trassler (Diane Marshall-Green) falls down the rabbit hole of PK (Chad Michael Murray), a charismatic homeless man who becomes the subject of her latest documentary. She is at loose ends until P.K. gives her renewed purpose. Their affair, however, threatens to tear apart the fabric of both of their lives.
Credited cast:
Diane Gaeta Diane Gaeta - Samantha Trassler (as Diane Marshall-Green)
Chad Michael Murray Chad Michael Murray - P.K.
Michael Mosley Michael Mosley - Josh
Alexandra Breckenridge Alexandra Breckenridge - Ariel
Harrison Thomas Harrison Thomas - Eddie
Alyssa Diaz Alyssa Diaz - Trina
Alex McKenna Alex McKenna - Jillian
Emily Button Emily Button - Angela
Amie Enriquez Amie Enriquez - Mischa (as Amie Dellavalle)
Caitlin Ackerman Caitlin Ackerman - Street Girl #2
Amber Vasquez Amber Vasquez - Nikki (as Amber R. Vasquez)
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Kenny Apel Kenny Apel - Homeless Man
Gavin Baustian Gavin Baustian - Club Bartender
Bryan Casserly Bryan Casserly - Bar patron
Leonel Claude Leonel Claude - Bar Patron

Originally set in Brooklyn, subsequent drafts to the script switched the story to LA.

Chad Michael Murray and Scott Patterson also starred in Gilmore Girls (2000-2007).


User reviews

PanshyR

PanshyR

Greetings again from the darkness. Every new independent film offers the hope of discovering an exciting new writer, director or actor … someone who will bring a new edge to the world of filmmaking. Of course, not every new film is ground-breaking, and sometimes we have to be pretty observant to spot a glimmer of shiny new gold. The feature film debut from director Liz Hinlein proves she and her cinematographer Edward Button each have the eye of a photographer, as the beauty of many of the shots provide the feel of a better movie than what we are watching.

Diane Marshall-Green stars as Sam, a wannabe filmmaker whose life is in a downward spiral with no direction following the death of her famous painter father Frank Trassler (Scott Patterson, who baseball fans will remember as McGrevey in Little Big League). A happenstance coffee shop meet provides Sam with a subject for her new documentary … a homeless young man named P.K. (Chad Michael Murray). Sam takes to photographing and interviewing P.K. and his fellow young homeless group. In the blink of an eye, her loft apartment is transformed into a crash pad for all homeless peeps that cross paths with P.K. and his band of misfits.

Sam and P.K. quickly fall into a relationship, and … well … basically the whole thing is simply too neat and tidy to buy into. There is nothing realistic or gritty or believable about these homeless folks. They all look like Hollywood actors with great hair and make-up … only dressed down with tattered clothes. To his credit, Chad Michael Murray appears to have lost a significant amount of weight to pull off the drug addict physique (well except for the sculpted abs and biceps), it's just unfortunate that he's too darned attractive to pull off the living-on-the-streets kid. Diane Marshall-Green has a delightful on screen persona (and she is very pleasant to look at), it's just that she doesn't yet have the acting chops to elevate the material and unrealistic setting.

The best supporting work comes courtesy of Harrison Thomas ("Banshee") as Eddie and Alyssa Diaz ("Ray Donovan") as Trina. Once again, they are both entirely too attractive and polished for their life on the street, however, they do bring an element of intrigue to their limited roles. In fact, there is hardly a grungy moment in the film (other than beer bottles strewn about the apartment), which doesn't really work … even for the homeless in always sunny Los Angeles. We know suffering is a daily challenge for the homeless, and a movie about them shouldn't gloss over this.

So while the film probably won't shake up the movie industry or shatter box office records, there are a few nuggets here that provide some hope for future projects. Notably director Liz Hinlein, and actors Diane Marshall-Green, Harrison Thomas and Alyssa Diaz are a few to keep an eye on.
Sharpbinder

Sharpbinder

It was an OK film, but not really my cup of tea.

It's about a wannabe film maker whose the daughter of a famous painter who recently died. She's inspired after meeting a homeless kid to do a documentary about them, but she gets in too deep on her subjects.

It was well shot. It reminds me of the film, Where the Day Takes You, but that movie was better done.

Chad Micheal Murray was actually really good in this flick though. He worked well with the character he was given.

The characters live in a world that I'm not a part off and care not to be and it does nothing to draw me into their world to take any kind of interest.