Film Review – Affection

Writer/director BT Meza makes his filmmaking debut with “Affection,” and he’s determined to keep things small enough to manage. It’s a tale that only features three characters, and they work through their issues in an isolated area, keeping the outside away. Where Meza is a little more ambitious is in his screenplay, which carries enough spoiler-rific turns to challenge any film critic, so those who are determined to stay completely clear of information concerning the movie shouldn’t read anything about it. Meza attempts to generate a creeping sense of danger and confusion with his study of a family challenged by undefined trauma, and he’s invested in a few genres to help him out. “Affection” does fight limited ideas and somewhat sluggish pacing, and while the endeavor scores with performances and imagery, the effort often plays like a short story being stretched to fit a feature-length run time. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com