Very Cool!!!

Excellent but underrated film

Instead, you get a movie that's enjoyable enough, but leaves you feeling like it could have been much, much more.

A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.

A young couple steal a teapot that they find out dispenses money when they hurt themselves but that's not the end of it's powers. It's an interesting and unusual idea for a film and it works. It plays as a dark comedy drama with a bit of morality thrown in. There are plenty funny moments throughout but also a fair dose of drama as things go increasingly wrong for the couple. The script is sharp, flows along at a nice pace and the story never quite goes where you think it will.The Brass Teapot is helped by strong performances from a strong cast especially the two leads Michael Angarano and Juno Temple who have a good chemistry and both put in excellent performances. This is a rare film that actually delivers more than you think. It is highly recommended and deserves a much higher profile.

Alice (Juno Temple) and John (Michael Angarano) are a downtrodden struggling couple. After a car accident, Alice finds herself attracted to a roadside antique shop. She steals a teapot and finds that it rewards them with money for every pain and suffering.John is way too pathetic to like. He is an annoying little loser. There isn't anything funny about him. Alice is slightly better, because she becomes somewhat evil and she knows it. Quite frankly, I don't know what she sees in him. It takes quite a long while before it gets interesting. It is actually very funny when the couple lands on emotional pain. There is a good 10 minutes of fun jokes there. The rest of the movie is a rather unimpressive comedy with a very cool premise.

Alice (Juno Temple) and John Macy (Michael Angarano) is a young couple that is facing economical difficulties. John is a loser that has been working as salesman in a lousy job in order that Alice concludes the college. However, the ambitious Alice aims a top position and cannot find a job. When John is fired from his job, he has a car accident with Alice on the road in front of an antique house. Alice sees a brass teapot and steals it. Soon she discovers that the teapot is magic and makes money whenever they hurt themselves. The couple is visited by Dr. Ling (Stephen Park) that tells that they should give up of the teapot; otherwise they will be destroyed by the evil power. But the greedy Alice does not want to stop and reaches a next level of meanness. "The Brass Teapot" is a dark comedy of one joke, a young ordinary couple in love with each other that hurts each other to make money. The story has funny moments, the sexy Juno Tempo shows off most of the time but the plot could have a message against greed and how far a person would go for money. Anyway this movie entertains in a Sunday afternoon. My vote is six.Title (Brazil): "Loucos por Dinheiro" ("Crazy for Money")

John goes to work at the Laurel Springs Office Building. Alice goes to a job interview. He gets a reprimand from the boss, she does not get the job. Their funds are already short. So they go to a party and get drunk. They get T-boned by a truck. It's amazing she was still alive, much less untouched. Alice spots an antiques shop, and runs into it. She steals a rather nice looking teapot. The next day, she accidentally burns herself (slightly); the teapot jiggles. She looks inside and finds 200 USD. She tries to replicate this, but hurt herself more. The pot gives her 700 USD. She trips and falls; more money comes from the teapot. About the same time, John gets fired.John comes home to find the place messed up, and Alice bloodied in multiple places. She eventually convinces him of the conceit of the film. A harsh knee slam to his crotch was initially worth quite a bit of money. John goes back to the place where Alice stole the teapot. It is marked 'Closed' and is boarded up. Very unfortunately, John goes on Antiques Roadshow and gets an appraisal. A man of long Chinese heritage sees the show, and makes a new notation on a wall map. He was not the only one who watched. Clearly, they are screwed.They get into mainlining pain: tattoos, whipping, dental work without pain killers, burning flesh, and so on. They have no explanations for getting out of debt without jobs. Two large Hasidic Jewish fellows drop by and beat the nonsense out of John, telling them that it was a family heirloom, and their relative had died. They paid these folks off from the cash that John's beating generated. The Chinese man tries to warn them, but they rebuff him.They make investments that fail, and splurge on all sorts of things: a huge new house, clothes, restaurants. An old acquaintance tries to steal it; the Jewish fellows break in to steal it. Alice tries to beat up the Jewish guys who are buff and about six feet two. She keeps the pot, but they do her some damage.The diminishing returns start. The same amount of pain endured results in less reward. Then they discover that if the teapot is near someone else's pain, they also get money. Unfortunately, Alice tries hit and run to generate money. They also discover that emotional pain generates cash.Does the moral descent ever end? -------Scores-------Cinematography: 10/10 The introductory credits were absolutely beautiful. Then there was the rest of the film, which was quite nicely shot.Sound: 8/10 OK.Acting: 2/10 Terrible. Alexis Bledel was okay, but Juno Temple, Michael Angarano, and most of the supporting actors were indeed bad.Screenplay: 6/10 A fairly sound story gets told through poor actors.