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Motivational Growth
USA 2013
produced by Alexis Nordling (= Alexis Thacker) for Imagos Films
directed by Don Thacker
starring Adrian DiGiovanni, Jeffrey Combs (voice), Danielle Doetsch, Pete Giovagnoli, Ken Brown, Robert Kramer, Hannah Stevenson, Laura Carlson, Megan Hensley, Ellie Kushner, Sheetom Ashbrook, Dawn Xiana Moon, Samori Sykes, Daniel Giovannini, Tori Linn Sanders, Rachel Lapp, Jeff Czerwionka, Eric Henry, Robert McConnell, Erica Highberg, Kevin Williamson, Harold Dennis, Philip S. Plowden, Jeff Waltrowski, Tobiah Viksporre, Bobby Watson, Diana Spilotro, Brittany Wadas, Richard Sollo, Martin Conneely, Jacob Gaetti, Benjamin James Bradshaw, Evan Pope, Clark Lorensen, Casey Graham, Patrick Small, Tim Parrish, Nicole Bruton, Gene Mui, Casey L. Law, Natalie Bruton, Casey Graham, Robert Kramer, Clark Lorensen, Patrick Small, Erik A. Williams
written by Don Thacker, music by Alex Mauer, special effects by Tolin FX, animated sequences by Jeremie Perin
review by Mike Haberfelner
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For about 16 months now, Ian (Adrian DiGiovanni) has lived in his
apartment in absolute isolation, and only opened his door to have
groceried delivered. Apparently he has also lost interest in changing his
clothes or cleaning up his apartment, just as long as his TV keeps
running. Not that he is even interested in watching anything particular on
TV, matter of fact he channel hops every five second, ingesting a weird
cocktail of odd crime shows and work-out programs - but the TV, an antique
from the 1960s, has become his sole companion, whom he affectionately
calls Kent these days ... and then the TV breaks down. This is the last
straw for Ian, and he decides to kill himself ... but a freak accident
keeps him from doing so, only knocks him out, and when he comes to, he
finds a giang lump of mold, "The Mold", that has grown a mouth,
is able to talk (with the voice of Jeffrey Combs), and promises to fix
Ian's life for him. Ian isn't all that sold on the Mold, especially since
he can never be sure whether this is all real or he has actually died
after all and this is some sort of weird afterlife (his corpse popping up
every now and again might suggest as much). But the Mold does have a
positive effect on Ian, he cleans himself up, cleans his apartment up, he
seems to start to enjoy life again ... but there's one thing the Mold
doesn't like, and that's intruders - and when Ian finally finds the
courage to invite Leah (Danielle Doetsch), the girl he has watched through
the spyhole for weeks, into the apartment, and she actually feels drawn to
him, this can only lead to disaster ... Motivational Growth
is a quite unique film: On a narrative level, it doesn't make much sense,
and fortunately it makes no attempt to explain stuff away, quite the
contrary, features many a scene to further confuse the audience - but it
really succeeds in portraying its lead characters addled mind, not only
via storytelling but also via clever use of its (limited) sets and a
directorial effort that enjoys misleading the movie's aucience - and of
course, the actors do their bit to bring their characters to life, and the
creature as such is just a hoot. Be prepared for something unusual, and
you won't be disappointed!
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