Mark Osborne: “Dropping Out is about a bored guy living in the San Fernando valley whose most interesting quality is that he is suicidal. He decides to make his mark on the world. He’s going to videotape his suicide, mail it to his girlfriend, and basically be done with it. “Friends” – “Friends” in air quotes – rally around him, tell him: “Can you wait a couple of days, we’re going to get some background material?” And it basically snowballs into a huge project. It’s a kind of ironic story about someone finding the will to live through not wanting to live any longer.”

“Tune On, Tune In, and Drop Out: An Interview with Mark Osborne, director of “Dropping Out,” to read entire interview at Filmcritic.com, click HERE

“Emile (Kent Osborne) is a pretty humble guy. He just wants one simple thing out of his life: for it to be just as picture-perfect as the TV. The opiate of the masses known as television is Emile’s drug of choice as he wanders through the world of the nicotine-stained San Fernando Valley. Everything is, as in the television, just fine and dandy until one day a squirrel lands on Emile’s cable, disconnecting it. So, confronted with an absolute dearth of television reception, Emile decides to slit his wrists.”

ContactMusic.com, “Dropping Out Movie Review,” click HERE

“In their feature debut, helmer Mark Osborne and his brother, scripter-star Kent Osborne, make an impressive showing with a smart, carefully modulated dissection of the manias bred by pop-media imagery. Whether or not its offbeat, expertly acted mix of surrealism, satire and idiosyncratic comedy catapults it from fest to theatrical exposure, pic marks its sibling co-creators as talents to watch, together and individually.”

Variety.com, “Dropping Out Review,” click HERE

“Dropping Out,” itself a product of a media-saturated generation, is about what life is like for people who are products of a media-saturated generation. In examining the banality of existence for members of Generation X, Mark Osborne’s film presents an utterly original, often hilarious story that, while unusual, should appeal to a mass audience, too.”

EricDSnider.com, “Dropping Out,” click HERE