Complacent (2012)
- 2012
- ·104 min
Two close sisters, Myah and Beth, struggle with their differences in life and in the older sister's mentally abusive marriage, until the complacent lives of Beth and their married friends are shaken to the core by a tragedy that they are all forced to face.
Complacent is a portrait of the middle American lifestyle.
The 9 to 5 at a desk job, cookie-cutter homes with manicured lawns, golf three times a week, Florida vacation each year with the family.
Only problem.
No one loves the other.
No one strives for more.
No one sees outside his or her own front yard.
They just coast.
Question is, can you really go through life like this without deteriorating from the inside? Myah decides that you can't, you have to do more, want more, care more and it sets off a chain of events within the group of friends that is at times amusing and at times heartbreaking, but eventually fatal in both reality and metaphor.
- Actors
- Cerina Vincent·Joey Kern·Keir O'Donnell·Kerri Green
- Directed by
- Steven R. Monroe
- Genre
- Drama
- Language
- English
- Country
- USA
- Director
- Steven R. Monroe
Two sisters, Myah Sanderson and Beth Wilkensen, struggle with their differences but have settled in to whatever life is going to be, just trying to get through another day of life. Finally, one of them can no longer take it and tries to break out of the rat race, the day to day drudgery, and it sets up a chain reaction that everyone must deal with.
IMDb reports the film's budget was 70K, which seems mighty impressive to have been completed for so cheap, but after seeing it, it makes sense, even with a moderate amount of B/C-list celebrity star power.Overall, the most compelling aspect of the story is whether or not it will get any worse.
COMPLACENT directed by Munroe who has been at it for several years appears to be a micro-budget quickly and hastily shot film. The film portrays dysfunctional suburban American life and has multiple characters and multiple relationships.
