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Keith

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4 star:		(6)
3 star:		(3)
2 star:		(3)
1 star:		(4)

 

 

Keith is a movie about teenagers in high school, but it is not a high school movie. Reviewers who put it into that category, or who recommend it for teenagers only, are missing the point. The characters could be almost any age and in almost any situation, and very little else would have to change. Having them be attractive teenagers only means more people will see the movie, which is good.

Keith is one of the most beautiful, powerful, serious, joyful, triumphant, and universally relevant movies any of us will ever see. It is about what it means to be a human being in a random world, about how it feels to be inside--and outside--a powerful social and political system.

But above all Keith is about love--not the phony, sentimental melodrama of Hollywood romance, and not the impulsive, hormone-fueled engine of adolescence, but the love that selects two people, draws them together into one, and carries them together through every challenge that comes against them. Keith is about real joy and real pain, about life and death and everything in between.

Keith is a remarkable and very rare work of art. Every word, every gesture, every expression on every actor's face, every scene, every moment of this movie is perfect. Characters emerge and develop and grow and interact and fail and overcome as they should in every movie but almost never do.

I've been watching and loving movies for almost 60 years, and I've seen thousands of great ones, but if I could keep only one DVD in my collection, Keith would be it.

If you're looking for something unpredictable, gut-wrenching, utterly wonderful,and something to fall in love with, then this is the movie for you. The words the characters speak, speak true to you even if your story doesn't match theirs. Both of the actors were so set in themselves and in the story that to me it was top notch acting. I without a doubt, advise you to watch this movie, and dare you to let it move you the way it moved me. Excellent, 5 stars.

The movie was beautiful, one of my FAVORITES in a while. I will definitely buy it.

It is similar to a Walk to Remember, but it is less chick-flicky... more of the Indie feel where it's at a slower pace, shows emotions, does not have a Hollywood story-telling style like something such as Maid in Manhatten (not so straight forward, guy meets girl, happy ending). It's deeper, it's less happy, but it's more beautiful because of that.

It is a little predictable though, but I think that doesn't matter... the emotions.. the calmness of the film, it holds its own beauty. It's not a crazy-new Indie.. (jarring, shaky or anything). It still has beautiful camera work, and it just.. feels REAL. The drama is real, the emotions are stronger, the film is a lot more moving. I'm almost 21, and I thought the high school drama would be too much, but it's not. If you like chick flicks, but you also like to think and feel, watch Keith.

I don't pretend to be someone who's big into online commentary. In fact, I'm 29 and this is the first review I've ever written. Although I do consider myself a movie buff, I've never felt the need to comment on any of the movies I've seen, simply because most of them were forgettable. Sure, at the time, I may have thought certain films were outstanding,even moving. But nothing, and I mean nothing, has ever caused me to feel so passionate and so involved as this movie. It haunts me still! I find myself thinking about it in the middle of my work day, causing me to smile, or shed a quiet tear.

I recently lost my best friend to illness (not cancer but similar) and it's been almost a year. I haven't cried over her. I continue on with my life thinking if I just push forward and don't feel anything, that things will be okay. When I stumbled upon this movie on netflix, I thought it would be a cheezy teen indie dramedy similar to countless others I've seen and at best, it will atleast put me to sleep quickly (I'm an insomniac). Suddenly, I stepped into Keith's world and found myself enthralled.

The acting was superb to say the least, and while I did enjoy Elisabeth Harnois' performance, I have to say that Jesse McCartney was phenomenal as Keith. His performance was impeccable, and so incredibly believable. The chemistry between these two was electric. I felt it's waves coming at me through the TV set. I can go on to discuss the writing, plot, beautiful imagery, etc, etc. But, we love movies not simply for what they are, but for the way they make us FEEL. This movie touched me and awakened a place in me that I thought had died a year ago, with my best friend. After seeing this movie, something happened. My heart opened up, and I felt sad, and happy, and full again. I must have cried for hours after that movie ended, and that night, I had the best sleep I've had in a year. If you're tired of the same old thing, and you, like me are looking for something, something REAL, and TRUE, and moving, then please, see this movie. And remember its true message: That above all things, LOVE in its TRUEST and DEEPEST form, never dies.

Keith is a film about Natalie(Elisabeth Harnois) and Keith(Jesse McCartney) two high school kids on opposite ends of the social spectrum. Natalie is a star tennis player, yearbook editor, college scholarship award-ee and all around popular girl with a new hunky athlete boyfriend, Keith on the other hand is a social outcast with an affinity for rebuilding cars. When Keith and Natalie are paired as lab partners, their whole lives start to change.

Though Natalie tries her best to keep her distance, something mysterious and magnetic continues to drag Keith more and more into her life, uncovering dark secrets along the way.


Keith is a slightly darker version of 'A Walk to Remember', although I just think I might prefer Keith. The tragedy and pain in this movie is so perfectly conveyed, though the plot might not be entirely original.


I must admit I was pleasantly surprised with Jesse McCartney's acting, as Keith he really embodied a snarky, cynical teenager without making him the slightest bit unlikeable. I couldn't tear my eyes away whenever he was on the screen.



It's not the best movie I've ever seen, but it IS good.

I'm older than any of you. I can tell that by just reading what most of you wrote. The only McCartney I have ever heard of is Paul. But just the same, I loved this film. It reminded me of Sweet November (not the monstrosity created by Keannu Reeves, who couldn't act his way out of a paper bag, but the original 1968 version with Anthony Newly - another excellent film)

I've read the one star reviews of Keith and in my opinion the reviewers are either mentally challenged or simply never considered looking beyond the surface of a story.

This is what most reviewers here don't see. Harnois lived in a box. Her values were determined by what she was told from early childhood they should be. Success meant going to a top 10 University, doing well academically, and scoring with the guys. She was happy in this artificial world until someone from the outside came knocking.

In McCartney's world success meant waking up for the next day. He dealt with his affliction by humorous and sarcastic deflection. At the same time he liked Harnois and decided to introduce himself into her plastic world.

As you see the two of them slowly falling in love with each other - one knowingly, the other unconscious of it - you begin to see Harnois breaking the shell which kept her prisoner which she never knew was there. Her love causes her to break out of societies paradigm and discover what living life on her own terms is like. As the movie ends she is living it out on McCartney's terms but you know she will soon break out into her own.

It's a journey of self-discovery and in the end is truly a joyful film, well acted and well written. Hell, I even liked the music!

This movie is absolutely fantastic! I rented it on ITUNES, watched it twice in a row, and then I had to buy it immediately. Jesse McCartney is absolutely fantastic! I highly recommend this film to EVERYONE!

If you stopped by to watch good film, that is not what you will get; you will watch a masterpiece.

I watched this movie with my bestfriend via Netflix while babysitting because we were bored, and both said at the same time "How about Keith?" We had never heard of it, and I only wanted to watch it because Jesse McCartney was in it... and I had a feeling it would be a cheesy love story. I had no idea it would impact me so much! Much like the movie A Walk to Remember, but very different at the same time. It made me cry, unexpectedly, and it is now one of my favourite movies. I definitely recommend it... It's these movies I love most.

I absolutely love this movie! The movie is a poignant story of a high school royalty and an outcast. Keith brings Natalie into his world of fantasy story lines and confuses, angers, and captivates her to the bewilderment of her friends and boyfriend, Rafael. Eventually Natalie finds out Keith has a secret and desperately tries to unravel it while unraveling her own life as a straight A tennis champ with a stud boyfriend. I highly recommend this movie to anyone!