Jeri Jacquin
Coming to DVD from writer/director Adam Sigal and Cinedigm
is the story of life, the written word and the clash between the two with WHEN
THE STARLIGHT ENDS.
Jacob (Sam Heughan) is stuck at a job he can't stand and
girlfriend Cassandra (Arabella Oz) wants him to be happy. He truly wants to
write and when Cassandra says he should follow his dream, their lives begin to
change. Sitting in front of a computer screen daily, he pumps out his thoughts
trying to put it all together in a book worth publishing.
When it begins to pay off, he knows that Cassandra deserves
to fruits of their labor and finding the house of their dreams is a good
beginning. Jacob begins working on his next work but starts to get sidetracked
and tries to get it together with a side chat with dog-neighbor Ralph (Sean
Patrick Flanery). When that doesn't help, his mind begins to wander wondering
if it's possible that there is another 'Jacob' living another life.
Cassandra makes the painful decision to leave when she
realizes that Jacob's writing is more important than she is. Knowing he could
change this fate around with one simple promise, something inside stops every
urge he has. That decision puts Jacob back in front of the keyboard to try and
find a happy ending to it all.
He lives for the words.
Heughan as Jacob is a man who can't believe the love of his
life allows him to finally have the time to put his thoughts into a book. When
the book is successful, it releases him to freely write and take care of his
life with Cassandra. Heughan is sweet in this role giving us all a look inside
of the thought process of a writer but this character has moments of artistic narcissism.
Of course I'm sure it can be said that all artists carry a
bit of it with them but Cassandra isn't about to have it in her life. Heughan
came to the attention of American audiences from the STARZ original series
Outlander playing the role of Scottish rogue Jamie Fraser. This is a different look
for accent-less Heughan and the stories within the main story come off well.
Oz as Cassandra also has the opportunity to play other
characters within the stories Jacob is writing. Because his work focuses around
his love for her, it is also a very cool way of showcasing Oz's ability to go
from loving girlfriend to hitchhiker. The brilliant scene toward the end of the
film between Cassandra and Heughan is awkward, necessary and it felt like I was
eavesdropping.
Flanery as Ralph is the odd duck neighbor who occasionally
is Jacob's sounding board. It's not so much that he really cares about what
Jacob is going through as much as it would be nice to have a buddy to have a
few beers with. His story comes into play when the writer can't help but wonder
how his life works.
Other cast include Armando Gutierrez as Don, Hunter Gomez as
Danny, Georgia Cook as Ellie, George Griffith as Jimmy, AlexAnn Hopkins as Eva,
and David Arquette as Bill.
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WHEN THE STARLIGHT ENDS is a look inside the mind of Jacob
as a writer and he truly does have a lot to say and in such a way that I loved
hearing every word. The process of how he gets there is the story of a man who
goes so deep into his own world that he forgets about the one person he
constantly professes is his life.
Writer/director Sigal presents his complex story blanketed
in the simplicity of love and the choices we all make using that emotion.
Sometimes it isn't until we hurt or are hurt that what is in our hearts and
minds flows out of us whether it is writing, painting, singing, etc.
The character of Jacob had the choice to keep the life he
professed to love but instead took another path that was riddled with mirrors
of pain, angst and ugly realities staring right back at him.
In the end - rewrite your life!
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