East Side Sushi (2014)

East Side Sushi: Directed by Anthony Lucero. With Diana Elizabeth Torres, Yutaka Takeuchi, Rodrigo Duarte Clark, Kaya Jade Aguirre. An immigrant single mother disenfranchised by her regular life decides to take a chance working at a Japanese restaurant and realises her dreams to become a sushi chef to provide a better future to her family.

“I liked the premise of this movie but ultimately found it pretty disappointing.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe acting is bad, across the board. Seems like nearly the entire cast is non-actors and it shows. Many of the line readings are stilted and it leaves an uncanny, uncomfortable veneer through the entire movie. The cinematography is mostly uninspired and sometimes downright lazy, with framing youu0026#39;d expect to see in a student film. There are similar issues with writing and direction.”