Cash For Gold

It is one of the hardest places on earth to keep from getting f****d up when everything is f*****g up around you. It brought me back to when I worked several Christmastimes in the adult bookstores in Toledo while trying to keep from drinking for another day. This is the real deal.

As a musician and filmmaker, I am well acquainted with pawn shops. They are secretly a great way to store your equipment between projects and not only no money upfront but also give you a big fistful of rent money. They can also be the last stop before your dreams run out, as in Cash For Gold. The superior acting work of director/writer Puette perfectly communicates this unique feeling of a constant back against the wall.

“This is why Cash For Gold is such a fresh breath of Christmas movie air.”

Puette is a very talented actress who had a memorable storyline in the sci-fi show Revolutions, which was the TV series’ progenitor of the movie Civil War. I am impressed with the heavy lifting she gives herself as the writer, as she doesn’t make it easy on herself, making the achievement more notable. Puette, as a writer, also really has that Sam Shepherd Spidey sense when it comes to the details of the starving class. She will have you smelling the beer for breakfast with a side of ketchup crackers in no time.

Farahat does an excellent job in a difficult role, as emotional repression is tricky to project. Williams is a sight for sore eyes, as she has still survived in the shadow of the most horrifying PG movie of all time. A lot of viewers know a woman like Boots, and Williams is that woman.

Just like drinking until the trees fall down, you do not need to wait for Christmas to watch Cash For Gold. It is a brick house-built drama for everyone who would love to see the raw deal they are shown in a movie.