The film Okie is a portrait of writer’s block and its struggle. It is a drama that hits close to home (for me) because I grew up in Illinois.
Directed by Kate Cobb, she brings her audience to a world of detrimental stress in the life of a writer. Okie is artistic with a vast landscape of a soul-focused direction.
The film’s main character is Louie (played by Scott Michael Foster). Louie feels that reality is hitting him hard. He has a bad past with a deceased parent. Louie is on a journey back to his home around DeKalb, Illinois. The frustrations contain a sense of tension (based on Louie’s reputation as a writer).
What is intriguing about Okie is its continuing purpose of getting through hurdles. Louie is the one dealing with them. Louie has success from dishonesty and lies. The many old folks around him do not forget that. More frustrations unfold, and Okie is a journey that contains harsh pasts, connecting again (with others), and common grounds complex.
Okie is a blur written thoroughly (because its main character is in one throughout the film). Its writing and portrait of aggravation take the cake cinematically. Once one event goes wrong, another one does after. Okie is full of surprises on the realistic levels of life challenges.
Three out of four stars for Okie.
