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Audience Member Great movie to watch, heart wrenching, even today there are many countries that dump toxic waste in to ocean n cause devistation to people and environment Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/28/23 Full Review Audience Member Fahey is brilliant in this film. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/15/23 Full Review Audience Member Holden On Review Chris Willums Let me begin by saying that this was a very brave film to make. This is a very emotionally heavy film. There is really no target market or demographic for it, simply a story that needed to be told. A story that was told to simply educate people about schizophrenia and the day-to-day reality of the ones that suffer from it, also the challenges of the ones closest to them to understand it. There is no hero, no bad guy, and no happy ending. There is only the true story of a young man struggling with a secret, a secret that unfortunately sometimes comes with a stigma. The film is set in the mid 1990ï¿ 1/2 1/2 1/2(TM)s before social media, smart phones, and handheld g.p.s. devises, a time when people could easily disappear for a few months or even years without ever being heard from. Itï¿ 1/2 1/2 1/2(TM)s a story of a young man and his downward spiral into the confusion of what was going on inside of his own head. The film also explored the many different people that Holden affiliated with at different stages of his journey, most who were unaware of his illness. The challenge that this film really tackled was visualizing what someone with schizophrenia actually goes through on a daily basis. The visuals really pull you in and force you to experience what itï¿ 1/2 1/2 1/2(TM)s like to live with this illness and the challenges of keeping it a secret from the ones closest to you. This is a powerful film that was superbly executed and I doubt that anyone that has seen it was left unaffected. On a personal note, Holden was my friend and I have a character in the film that played a small role. Iï¿ 1/2 1/2 1/2(TM)ll never forget the night I heard what had happened to him. Even after all these years Iï¿ 1/2 1/2 1/2(TM)m still in disbelief. After years of waiting for the film to be completed I finally got to sit in on a much anticipated screening. It was almost difficult to watch only because the film did such an amazing job of showing the pain and anguish that Holden was going through that none of us could see at the time. At the end of the screening I met briefly with Matt Fahey, the actor that played Holden. I told him what an amazing job he did and thanked him for bringing Holden back us. As difficult as it is for a grown man in his forties to admit, upon leaving the theater I became so overwhelmed with emotion that my legs collapsed and I had to lean in the corner of the hallway and weep. So the major underlying point of this film is that if you are having a hard time in life and thinking about checking out; just remember that you are important to someone. You matter. Someone cares about you. You will be missed and mostly importantlyï¿ 1/2 1/2 1/2ï¿ 1/2 1/2 1/2..Just keep HOLDEN ON. Thank You, Chris Willums Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/13/23 Full Review Audience Member great small film, very much worth watching, it sparks a conversation we do not have enough in our society... watch it!! Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/10/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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