WINNER
Seattle True Independent Film Festival
MOST CREATIVE

WINNER
MassBay Film Festival
INDEPENDENT SPIRT AWARD

WINNER
New Orleans Media Experience
BEST FEATURE & BEST INDEPENDENT FILM
Fleur de Lis Awards

Summing up a film like Abby Singer in a concise, Readers Digest way is an exercise in futility. The filmmakers have cobbled together, in fantastic fashion, a visually bewildering, temporally nightmarish gem of an indie film that would, in a perfect world, become the standard by which independent films are judged in the future. The laundry list of awards the film has earned is in itself intimidating, and the history surrounding the making of the film, the lengths to which the filmmakers were willing to go, and the laws they almost certainly broke in the process are indicative of the kind of passion even the most hardened and cynical moviegoer can't help but admire.

Clint Palmer delivers in grand fashion in Abby Singer. His Curtis Clemins is at once trustworthy and frighteningly unreliable, constantly keeping the audience guessing as to where his head is. Robin Ballard is extremely effective as Curtis's ferociously harrowing boss Maxine (we've all worked for her), and Pat Donahue stands out as Mr. Mooker, who refuses to give up a dream despite the odds.

Accomplishment like this is not to be missed. You simply won't believe what came out of such a shoestring budget.