Overrated and overhyped

A lot of fun.

The performances transcend the film's tropes, grounding it in characters that feel more complete than this subgenre often produces.

Story: It's very simple but honestly that is fine.

This film really surprised me. I walked in expecting it to be 50% horror and 50% romance. Instead, I got a movie that was 90% romance, 5% comedy, and 5% horror. And to be honest, I didn't care. I really liked this movie.The chemistry between the two leads (played by Lou Taylor Pucci and Nadia Hilker) felt so natural. Their performances were both great, and I really bought their relationship. In a film like this, the lead performances should ultimately make you care about their relationship, and "Spring" absolutely succeeds at that front.Also, I did like the scenes that did involve horror. Despite there not being that many, the ones that were there were extremely good.The comedy in the movie actually felt extremely natural. This film implemented a good amount of comedy that didn't feel forced or out of place.Finally, this film gave me an ending that I didn't expect. I won't say what happens, but you should watch it. It's great.However, I do have one gripe about this film. There is a scene in the film where a lot of exposition is being given to another character. I do like knowing what's happening, but this expository scene just didn't sit well with me. Other than that, this movie was kinda great.

A different type of film, one that crosses genre boundaries. It is a romance first and a sci-fi /horror second. The target audience is perhaps those women science geeks who can watch "An Officer and a Gentleman" over and over again.Evan (Lou Taylor Pucci) down on life, absconds to Italy where he bums around until he meets Louise (Nadia Hilker) who throws herself at him. It it isn't long before we know she is different, or sooner if you look at the DVD cover. The explanation of what she is, comes first in subtle clues and unrelated film dialogue which ties everything together, almost like an old Russian novel.In spite of the special effects, the film moved a bit slow for my taste.Guide: F-bomb, sex, nudity (Nadia Hilker, Vanessa Bednar)

In Italy, an attractive young couple run into problems when the American guy discovers the mysterious girl is not what she seems to be.An amazing film that got too little attention when it was released! Hell, I only found out about the movie by flicking through TV channels three years after it appeared!If you are like me and a little turned off by the wham-bam-slam approach to science fiction movies in recent years, Spring will come as a welcome surprise!The film moves along nice and slowly, we get to know and love the characters, we get to know and love the look of Italy, and we just have a totally unique experience!The science fiction element is toned down but so well played...don't ask for details about this element as I want you to be as surprised as I was.I first saw Spring about three months ago and it still lingers in my memory today....outstanding!

Spring is an exquisite tale. A story of the innocent abroad meeting the wrong the only woman in true Henry James fashion, it uncoils along the Puglian coast in long, broad, carnal lapses that are as much satisfaction than longing for that inaccessible moment, the surrendering of self, the end of the world.Yes it has flaws, mostly useless CGI, but one guesses it is a 21st century thing, a bit like too much gilding in rococo or too many conversations sacrées during the Renaissance. Spring is as much about growing pains that it is about blossoming. But the acting is right and the camera work is fluid. What the story owes to Lovecraft is more than mitigated by things as simple as a bottle of wine, an olive tree, love lost and found.The best movie monsters are those one could actually love. Spring has such one, but holds much more. It has a prey that is human, full bodied and sweet as a Negroamaro. One can not foretell that at the beginning, when the film seems aiming at an Italian rendition of Hostel, but this rare feast is accomplished with near nothing, a bit of alien dialogue, a tree dying to allow the growth of a new one, and the moon over the ocean. It has, of course, the unspeakable, almost unfilmable splendor of Italy.A volcano is erupting at the end, but this is not what is really happening. A couple of sound effects does the trick.This is where the Rite of Spring has led us, gaping, the ocean rolling its indifferent waves, and we feel happy, and amazed, and wiped out. This is a lovely movie.