BROKEN DIAMONDS MOVIE REVIEW

“Your sister didn’t ruin your life, her illness did.” Family has a way of breaking us down, in little ways more often than big. And sometimes, it’s the little and the big all at once. In the case of “Broken Diamonds”, the new dramatic offering from Peter Sattler (his second feature following his debut “Camp X-Ray” with Kristen Stewart), we get to watch the unravelling of a family in every facet. In the wake of his father’s death, Scott, a young writer, sees his dream of moving to Paris put in jeopardy when he’s forced to temporarily take in Cindy, his wildly unpredictable, mentally ill sister living with schizophrenia. It’s a film with heart and a dash of brutal truth as we watch Scott try to figure out what to do with his life. Melina, Harmoni, Jordan, and T.C. have themselves an emotionally loaded group therapy session as they discuss the indie drama. They laugh, they cry, they awkwardly over-share to the point of having a hard time making eye-contact by the end. You know, family time.

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DIRECTED BY: Peter Sattler

STARRING: Ben Platt, Lola Kirke, Yvette Nicole Brown, Alphonso McAuley, Lynda Boyd, Chad Willett, Amanda Fix, Debs Howard

 

YOUR REVIEWERS

 

Melina Eames (Screener Squad)

Melina first discovered that she carried the nerd gene at the tender age of four following her exposure to a little film called A New Hope. In the twenty-some years that followed, Melina continued to grow into her geek identity through the discovery of Batman, Mst3k, Game of Thrones, Lord of the Rings and The Mandalorian. But perhaps her most significant discovery came at the age of fourteen when a night of YouTube mining led her to the review site of Spill.com. Melina became a devoted follower whose fandom did not end with the site’s demise. By then, it had worked its dark magic and left her with a love and appreciation for film criticism that she has yet to shrug.

 

 

Harmoni Anderson (Screener Squad, Highly Suspect Reviews, Unstabletop Gaming)

Harmoni is a mermaid-haired, millennial, rum drinking, Section 31, Slytherin (who’s divorced J.K. Rowling) preschool/nursery teacher and multi genre geek who also loves all things film, tv, fashion, makeup, and an embarrassingly huge BTS stan. Like really embarrassing. As in, mention them and then sit back and watch the insanity. Harmoni likes being able to game and talk movies/TV with people that aren’t 3 feet tall or all that demanding of her. Plus she can curse at us and not get fired….so bonus!

 

 

Jordan Cobb (Screener Squad)

Born with a comic book in one hand, a camera in the other, and in front of the television as WrestleMania played out, Jordan Worth Cobb was thus birthed into this crazy world. A Digital Filmmaking major from the University of Central Arkansas, Jordan has done it all in film from directing, writing, editing, and producing in addition to skills involved in film and TV criticism, journalism, and years of podcasting experience. On any given day, her ADHD riddled brain bounces focus from film to pro wrestling to TV to superheroes to noir to video games to espionage and yes, even to sports. She played little league you know. For more of this eccentric nerd, you can follow her on Twitter here and read her original writings on Deepest Corners of My Notebook.

 

 

T.C. De Witt (Screener Squad)

T.C. De Witt is a multi-awarded writer/director originally from Wisconsin and now based in Los Angeles. His life has been devoted to the arts since he was a child. He’s been a stage performer, playwright, stand-up comic, film and television actor,