Starry Eyes (2014)

	Also Known As: -
	Year of first release: 2014
	Director: Kevin Kolsch, Dennis Widmyer
	Actors: Alex Essoe, Amanda Fuller, Noah Segan, Pat Haely (The Innkeepers, Cheap Thrills)
	Country: USA
	Genre: Horror, Drama
	Conditions of visioning: 18.09.2014, GABRIEL Kino, MFFF2014
Synopsis: Sarah (Essoe) wishes to become a movie star at Hollywood but keeps on failing auditions, until at one of those she starts to show her true self.
Review: Fortunately I didn't even see the official poster of the movie before watching it. I find it tells you too much about where it is going (thus I have put a neutral one here), while I went to watch it only knowing the basic synopsis (above). I loved the realistic way in which the struggle of the young actress is depicted: her day job in a cheesy fast food restaurant (which owner is played by the excellent Pat Healy), her newly acquired friends in the same situation as her, the conflicts between young actresses, the failed auditions and the frustration, until the revelation. All of this making for a touching first hour, increasing in intensity until it reaches the breaking point. After that, spoiler: be ready for a blood bath. I found the main role very well played, as is the one of the producer (the relatively unknown Louis Dezseran). And the story really goes to a place I was not expecting, so that I liked Starry Eyes like I did American Mary last year: both immerse us progressively into worlds that could seem harmless at first: show business in this movie, strip clubs and surgery in the other.
Rating: 8 /10