Chance (2002)

User Rating:

7.2/10   

Director:

Amber Benson

Writer:

Amber Benson (writer)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama

Plot:

A young woman tries to find the right man to be with while dealing with her own life and family problems.

Plot Keywords:

Bisexual | Mother Daughter Relationship | Nonlinear Timeline | Homosexual | One Word Title

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Amber Benson	...	Chance
James Marsters	...	Simon
Tressa DiFiglia	...	Sara (as Tressa di Figlia)
Andy Hallett	...	Jack (as Andrew Hallett)
Rayder Woods	...	Rory
Jeff Ricketts	...	Malcolm
Nate Barlow	...	Milton
Shamus Murphy	...	Guy
David Fury	...	Pizza Delivery Man
Cathy Doe	...	Zara
Patrick Beller	...	Orderly
Lara Wickes	...	Heidi (as Lara Boyd Rhodes)
Rupert Cole	...	Johnny
Jaimie Linn	...	Rachie
Grant Langston	...	The Strolling Minstrel

Runtime:

75 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Certification:

USA:Unrated

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Benson Entertainment Inc.

Trivia:

'Emma Caulfield' was originally cast to play the role of Heidi and has a scene where James Marsters character of Simon spills a drink of her in a restaurant. But the scene was accidentally taped over during a rush in filming and since Caulfield was unable to come back for a re-shoot, her character was replaced by Laura Boyd Rhodes and the restaurant scene was not re-shot.

Goofs:

Continuity: In the scene where Simon orders a delivery pizza, he takes out a piece with no topping to give to his neighbor. When he actually hands it over, it is topped with mushrooms.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Chance: [voiceover] All right, you live your life in a totally normal, full on reality check kind of way. That's good and cool. Things don't get messed up. People you love hang around until you can't stand them anymore. Things never change. But shit like that doesn't happen in real life. Real life is just a movie with someone's finger jammed on fast forward. The numbers change faster than you can count. When you're a little kid, you never think you're gonna die. I mean death is just some kind of esoteric thing you see on TV or read about it in a book. Then one day you realize what it really is, and nothing is ever the same again. From that day on, you're fucked.

Soundtrack:

Real Man

Amber Benson is amazing...

Chance premiered at the SideWalk Film Festival 22 September, 2002. As of right now, there are no distribution deals and no further plans to show the film, but that could, of course, change. And I hope with all of my heart it does.

Chance is a dark comedy about a chapter in the life of a young woman searching to find herself. It stars Amber Benson and James Marsters as Chance and Simon respectively. Also appearing in the film are Nate Barlow, Andy Hallett (the Host on Angel), Tressa diFiglia (Nicholas Brendon's wife), and Christine Estabrook.

The movie is hilarious! Definitely along my tastes in humour, and Amber did a fantastic job doing everything for this film - a true Indie movie. The soundtrack, provided by Grant Langston (with the beautiful song over the opening credits having been written by Joss Whedon), was awesome, funny, and touching. Pretty blunt, too, which served the story perfectly.

I was so afraid this movie would suck as much as I love Amber Benson. It didn't. It was much better than a lot of the movies I've seen lately. Amber was fantastic and James was so adorable it was scary.

If you get the chance (haha), see this movie. You will not be disappointed.