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Review: Calling It Quits
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Last Friday I had the grand opportunity to visit the 9th Annual Phoenix Film Festival at the Harkins Scottsdale 101. With great panels, student shorts, and independent feature-length films, there were plenty of options for a varied audience of movie goers.
The morning started off with Q&A panels for high school students attending the event. The first panel consisted of independent, feature-length directors, of which Calling It Quit's Anthony Tarsitano took part in. Second in line was Virginia Madsen (Sideways) and Johnathon Schaech (That Thing You Do) speaking about their evolving roles in the film industry.
The film I took part in for the day was Calling It Quits, a tale of a successful marketing executive struggling with his purpose in life. Written and directed by Anthony Taritano, Calling It Quits is based on his real-life story and experiences. Taritano brings a very true perspective to his film and with the talented Dennis Boutsikaris leading the pack I was thoroughly entertained for the duration of the movie.
One unfortunate aspect that cripples this movie initial impact is the pacing of the narrative. Even though the concept of Calling It Quits is intriguing, the overall production value brings the film to a slow crawl which makes several keys scenes almost unbearable to watch.
With that said, this is not a bad movie by any stretch of the imagination, I quite enjoyed it. What this movie needs is another run through with the editing blade and it would be fantastic. Until then I would recommend Calling It Quits, but not at $10 a ticket.
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