...absorbing, mysterious, lyrical and distinctively titillating...a moody masterpiece that is thrillingly alarming...[a] tale of wandering hedonism and anguish
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05/05/08
Tre (2008)
53 %
Reviews Counted: 15 Fresh: 8 Rotten:7 Average Rating: 6.1/10
Runtime: 90 mins
Synopsis: A companion piece to Eric Byler's CHARLOTTE SOMETIMES, this indie drama centers on the sexual tension in a house of young men and women. Kakela (Kimberly-Rose Wolter, who also cowrote the script with Byler) and her fiancé, Gabe (Erik McDowell), are letting their friends stay in their home.... [More]
Genre: Dramas
Starring: Daniel Cariaga, Kimberly-Rose Wolter, Erik McDowell, Alix Koromzay, Teddy Chen Culver
Director: Eric Byler
Screenwriter: Kimberly-Rose Wolter, Eric Byler
Producer: Philippe Diaz
Composer: Michael Brook
Screenwriter: Kimberly-Rose Wolter, Eric Byler
Producer: Philippe Diaz
Composer: Michael Brook
Reviews
1 - 15 (sorted by date; UK critics are listed first)
A character study about characters I never cared about, Tre features actors whose acting shows. Never for a minute did I buy that the characters they were trying to create were real.
03/31/08
Top Critic
There’s a strange sort of vacuousness to Tre, Eric Byler’s newest installment on relationships amidst directionless twentysomethings.
02/19/08
I think Byler is at his best when he directs material he writes on his own, and he's at the top of his game with Tre.
02/19/08
Byler has a knack for elegant composition, as well as the hazy middle ground between friendship and friendship with a sexual asterisk.
02/19/08
[Byler] ventures into Douglas Sirk territory with astonishing skill (not an easy task), presenting this potential melodrama with gravity and intelligence.
02/14/08
A smart and incisive look at contemporary relationships that avoids all the cliches that one might expect to find
02/07/08
After a promising start with Charlotte Sometimes, Byler fumbles big time with this slow-moving, even irritating sophomore effort.
02/07/08
Top Critic
It's difficult to care who couples or uncouples throughout this relationship drama since the combinations are always completely unappealing.
01/31/08
If you're looking for fresh, compelling proof that the best training for young actors aspiring to authentic film performances is still the theater, look no further.
01/31/08
Unlike most indie dramas about rudderless 20-somethings who exorcise their hang-ups by talking and screwing each other to death, Tre is something rare: a perceptive, nonindulgent chamber piece that wrings a little art from that anxious age.
01/31/08
Tale of a 30ish quartet at personal crossroads in the wealthy, idyllic Santa Monica Mountains sports juicy conflicts and prickly dialogue, though the directorial approach remains judiciously low-key.
03/24/07
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