A anti-family film

Rating: 8/10 (13 April 2006)

This film is subversive. Quite how it manages to present the dark underbelly of suburban life as something romantic and beautiful, I do not know.
But it does. A beautiful soundtrack, gorgeous cinematography, and a lead role in Kevin Spacey all make passive anti-socialness seem like heroism.
Quite how this film can coherently construct solipsistic philosophies, and present them through the metaphor of a polythene shopping bag, is a matter of opinion. But the fact remains that you should find this film's tone cathartic - to watch every character living successful lives of quiet desperation.
Where is the redemption for the disparate spirits in this film? Clearly not in the community, not in your partner, not in your family. Not to be watched with your family; you should watch this film to be better to your family.