The Center guides us right into the middle of an early life struggle of actualization and truth and, throughout the film, we are anxiously suspended; understanding the appeal of The Center but believing its projected reasoning to be greedy gibberish. And writer/director Charlie Griak does wonderfully in allowing us to relish this confusion.

Ryan (Cici), a part-time copywriter, consistently exploited both in the office by his nudge and wink boss and at home by his softening commitment to his sister Allison (A. Einan) and mother (Razielli), finds an exit before the dead end. Through intermittent television snow, he stumbles upon an infomercial from which an influential voice symbolically emanates. Vincent Alexander (J. Einan), The Center’s leader, is a stylish and practiced orator with an alluring construct and grabs Ryan’s naive and ductile ear. Ultimately, we find Vincent and Allison both competing for what is best for Ryan but hope his own resilience will ultimately shine.

Griak displays his incomparable artistic finesse with beautiful directing, sharp editing and a stunning score. We couldn’t be more excited for our friend as The Center discovers all the answers in the rarefied air of the Film Clas elite, visualizing 4.99 napkins out of 5.