Restored Me (2016)

Restored Me (2016). 2h 15m | Not Rated

“This looks like a film school project for at least three people. Animation sequences for one personu0026#39;s project, a pseudo music video for that personu0026#39;s project, and a tedious redemption story for the main personu0026#39;s project. Protagonist is a high school basketball star whose gym bag is suddenly found to contain a quantity of cocaine. Off to jail he goes for 8 years even though itu0026#39;s his first offense. He gets out, and the cliches come faster that the banter at the restored movie theater where he gets a job. Lots of religion, with a too-sweet segment with his daughter auditioning for u0026quot;American Idolu0026quot; singing at church, and all those tiresome bible cliches. The whole thing was shot in less than 3 weeks, and looks it. One of my favorite unappreciated and under utilized actors is in this, and she was fine, as were all of the minor players. Too bad they didnu0026#39;t have better scenes to do.”