Crave

People who are in recovery for various addictions - in this film it's alcoholism - know that it's not enough to just attend 12-Step meetings, but to actually work the program every day. A person in recovery knows (or should know) that the main problem of addiction is in his/her mind and its defective, destructive, out-of-control thinking which will relentlessly continue unless that person experiences a profound psychological and spiritual change. In this film, our "hero" pays lip service to his recovery from alcoholism, but is obviously NOT working the program. Instead, he continues to "live in his head" and is in obvious denial - and defiance - about his condition. He is constantly indulging his extremely vivid, bizarre and overwhelmiingy self-centered and violent imagination. The scene where he attends an AA meeting and is so resentful of the couple sitting in front of him that he acts out what he's REALLY thinking is priceless - and hysterical! Unfortunately, viewers who are not in a recovery program or who have no first-hand knowledge of the plight of the alcoholic or addict will probably be unable to relate to this movie at all. However - as extreme and over-the-top as the storyline is - this film rings true of what the results of NOT working the program can be. The title itself, "Crave", is not about the desire for alcohol or drugs, but about the perverse addiction to insane thinking - which WILL ultimately lead to insane and tragic behavior. Most other films about alcoholism - "The Lost Weekend", "Leaving Las Vegas", "Flight", etc., show the destructive behavior of the ACTIVE alcoholic. This movie has quite a different spin - it shows the destructive behavior of the DRY alcoholic who's NOT working the program. Highly recommended for EVERYONE in recovery!

Well done but did not satisfy my desire for an ending that I would be happy with.

The issue is that this movie does nothing particularly well. The acting is fine with the exception of police officer friend who is quite good. There is no real message to be derived. There could have been an interesting bit about existentialism and crafting one's own morality in a quasi ubermench fashion such as works by Nietzsche. Unfortunately I just never cared about any of these characters, and it lacked the propulsive drive of night crawler. Meh

I thought this Movie was Stupid and a waste of Money. I think the two main guys in it were better actors than to waste there time on this Crap, I don't reccomend it to anyone.

What we crave is a better movie! The previews set this thing up to look like a film version of Dexter, but that couldn't be further from the truth. The story follows a crime scene photographer who had enough of the injustice of the world and the horrible things he sees. He fantasizes about become a vigilantly and doing the things the police can't do, but there's a problem. He doesn't have any balls. The story presented in the previews and on the back of the box is just a description of the back story. The actual film centers around a love story, that doesn't exist. Photographer Aiden (Josh Lawson) is having sex with his neighbor Virginia (Emma Lung) who is half his age. Aiden believes he's fallen in love and obsesses over Virginia, but all she sees him as is a friend with benefits. Josh Lawson stars and he was actually pretty good, but what's the point of being good in a film that doesn't make any sense. Lines come out of nowhere and entire scenes occur that leave the audience wondering if it's really happening or just another of Aiden's fantasies. Perhaps, the worst part of this film is the narration. While Lawson does give a good performance, his character narrates his thoughts throughout the film, a jumbled mess of ridiculousness that gets old by the 30 minute mark. While there are a couple of interesting scenes, a solid performance by the lead, and one of my favorite actors, Edward Furlong, Crave is just one big mess of confusion that is most definitely not worth your time.

CRAVE (2011) is the first movie, albeit a direct-to-disc one, for Charles de Lauzirika,a prolific producer and director of documentaries and short films.It starts in Walter Mitty fashion with a down-on-his-luck freelance photographerwho has daydreams of vigilante heroism, yet when confronted by danger Aidencowers or runs away. His fantasies quickly turn darkly violent. Even thephilosophical advice of a homicide cop pal doesn't help. After a white hotrelationship with a girl in his Chicago highrise goes cold, Aiden begins actingout these gory ruminations, using a pistol found outside a diner shooting.With Josh Lawson, Emma Lung, Ron Perlman and Edward Furlong.

Aiden (Josh Lawson) is a recovering alcoholic and a photographer. He shoots crime scenes and is friends with Detective Pete (Ron Perlman) who attends meetings with him. Aiden's mental state changes as he imagines himself becoming a violent vigilante for the good of the people and being hailed as a hero. When his real life starts to creep into his fantasy world... well that's the film.This is a slightly different style of thriller, but one that has been done before. Some people love them all, others hate them all. This one was fairly well done about midstream between the really good ones and those we remain clueless until the end.Guide: F-bomb, sex, nudity (Emma Lung, Helena Kash)