The whole, "If you didn't like it you didn't get it" thing is so condescending. Especially for this movie which lacks any hint of subtly. To not get this movie is to not watch it
or even the first few scenes.
What was this film lacking? Talented actors, check Cinematography, check It must have been the directing, the writing or both.
Contrary to my expectations, this film struck me as complete bologna. From the opening scenes to the end, which I saw only out of a regrettable sense of obligation, I didn't believe a line, a block, a shot, or anything else. I felt insulted by its lack of subtlety and obvious, inartistic and sophomoric presentation of its theme. This is a horrible film. It makes a mockery of profound questions and important issues. This movie would be rad if you were ripped on a heavy hallucinogen (Oh man, dude, its like the meaning of life n stuff ya know?). Otherwise, rent something else.
Watching this movie is like watching two, stupid, 12 year-old rich kids make a feeble attempt at having a conversation about the hardships of poverty. Unfortunately, some executive producer provided David O. Russell with the funds necessary to create a film about something which is, apparently, completely outside of his grasp.
What I am about to say is a stretch, a last desperate attempt to say something positive about a true terd. It may be possible Maybe this film is a mockery of its subject, the cheesy "new-age" counseling movement. Maybe its trying to say that affluent Americans seek easy, self-centered, superficial, irrational and convenient answers to difficult questions. If this were the case, a potentially poignant statement was couched in an such blasé form? Nah, its just a bad film.
What was this film lacking? Talented actors, check Cinematography, check It must have been the directing, the writing or both.
Contrary to my expectations, this film struck me as complete bologna. From the opening scenes to the end, which I saw only out of a regrettable sense of obligation, I didn't believe a line, a block, a shot, or anything else. I felt insulted by its lack of subtlety and obvious, inartistic and sophomoric presentation of its theme. This is a horrible film. It makes a mockery of profound questions and important issues. This movie would be rad if you were ripped on a heavy hallucinogen (Oh man, dude, its like the meaning of life n stuff ya know?). Otherwise, rent something else.
Watching this movie is like watching two, stupid, 12 year-old rich kids make a feeble attempt at having a conversation about the hardships of poverty. Unfortunately, some executive producer provided David O. Russell with the funds necessary to create a film about something which is, apparently, completely outside of his grasp.
What I am about to say is a stretch, a last desperate attempt to say something positive about a true terd. It may be possible Maybe this film is a mockery of its subject, the cheesy "new-age" counseling movement. Maybe its trying to say that affluent Americans seek easy, self-centered, superficial, irrational and convenient answers to difficult questions. If this were the case, a potentially poignant statement was couched in an such blasé form? Nah, its just a bad film.