Trees Lounge (DVD)

This is Steve Buscemi's first attempt at being writer/directer/actor (ok so there was the phenominal short film 'what happened to pete' that precedes this.) and what a great movie it is. I honestly feel I am unable to state how good a film this is, even if you hate this review please watch the movie. The movie follows the character tommy (Steve Buscemi.) An Alcoholic mechanic struggling after he lost his job and the woman he loved, that sounds cheesey as hell but it hasn't got a hollywood happy ending. The movie is really about the despair of alcoholism, the mood is perfectly captured throughout the movie. A lot of the action focuses around the bar 'trees ...  Read the complete review