gstechzen "Main Street" is a terrific little 94 minute Independent movie from Magnolia Pictures. It was released in 2010 by Magnetic Releasing, just a couple of years after the story was written by Horton Foote (To Kill a Mockingbird). In my opinion, this film rates with the best that this writer and any of these actors have ever done. The characters are well developed, yet the performances are subtle, and if anything understated, as fits with the reserved people who inhabit the small cities of the southern United States. If you think Los Angeles and New York City are the "real world", you probably don't deserve this movie.

leonblackwood Review: Personally, I couldn't see the point of this movie. All the way through the film I thought that there was going to be a major twist, especially with Firth's character, but nothing really happens. Its about a small community which used to be the main producers for cigarettes and Firth company decides to rent some space in the town to store hazardous waste. The lady that he is renting the space from, has severe money problems and she is scared about losing her house so she is relying on the rental money to keep her house. Once her niece realises that the company is storing waste, she decides to take action but after a bad accident with one of the trucks that was transporting the waste, Firth decides to leave the business. I honestly found the movie cheap and really boring. The cast sounded promising, with Colin Firth and Orlando Bloom taking the lead, but the movie was a waste of time and money. The acting isn't that bad from the cast but I didn't like Bloom and Firth's terrible deep South accents and I didn't find any of the characters that interesting. I'm glad that the director didn't make it into a 2 hour epic movie because the storyline really does dry up after a while, which is a shame because it would have been half decent if there was actually a point to the characters individual stories. Disappointing!Round-Up: After the successful Lord Of The Rings and Pirates Of The Caribbean movies, I thought that Orlando Bloom was going to be a major star but I haven't really seen him shine in any other movies. At the age of 38 he still has a chance to prove that he can really act, away from the big budget movies, but I'm yet to see him do anything that great. As for the award winning Colin Firth, this just has to go down as another bad day at the office but he really does need to make some better choices in the movies that he takes on. In this film, Bloom and Firth only really cross paths once so the director really didn't take advantage of the cast. He also could have made some use of Andrew McCarthy, who has been missing from the big screen for ages but he only had a little part which wasn't that memorable. At the end of the day, I really didn't enjoy this film but I will give it a couple of stars, just for Ellen Burstyn's performance.Budget: N/A Worldwide Gross: $2,560 (Really Terrible!)I recommend this movie to people who are into their dramas about a small town which is promised a prosperous future after a company rents an available warehouse to store hazardous chemicals. 2/10

pinkytoe40 A very underrated and overlooked film. Since it is written by a playwright it has that pacing. There's nothing overly unique about its plot, but slice-of-life dramas don't always need to be. Its characters bring the setting and story line to life. The cast is loaded with named talent and all perform up to expectations. It's one of those films where you definitely forget the names of the actors and totally see them as their characters.Colin Firth's accent is off a bit, but he's always good. I watched the movie because I'm a Firth fan, but Orlando Bloom's performance is what earned it my 10 rating. The cinematography is excellent and fits the feel of the film. Main Street's score score is elegant. The make-up or lack of it and wardrobe are, in a word, perfect.

emailstuart I waited and waited for the plot to develop - to no avail. There seemed to be no point to this film; no in depth character development and more disappointedly, no story. Colin Firth, undoubtedly a superb actor where quintessential English characterisation is required, is appalling when cast as an American. His accent is shocking and comparable only to Dick Van Dyke's cockney accent in Mary Poppins!The world has some brilliant English actors, and some brilliant American actors. Why does the industry insist on using UK actors to depict US characters and vice versa? An absolute waste of time.