I don't what happened here but the first 80 minutes of this film is a poetic sometimes beautiful piece of art, with terrific, cynical humor, that turns into what a 12 year old would think was cool. It's hard to pinpoint exactly what went wrong. The idea is original, the performances are phenomenal, the cinematography and lighting are on point, but then comes the dialogue. It becomes very ham fisted, over explaining a lot of the themes, without ever really doing a whole lot with the idea. It really took a nosedive. To where the events go from over the top, silly, to downright STUPID. The sequence at the end with "The burger" was quite touching and redeemed the film a bit, but overall the last 30 minutes turns it into a gigantic waste of time. For the record, I went in as blind as possible, without watching a trailer.
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