Feeling of emptiness

Rating: 8/10 (3 April 2016)

I've got mixed feelings about the movie. It was a great watch, very nicely done and got me thinking at the end. Can't complain, thus I have no problem giving it an 8.
But a doubt creeps into my mind: does it actually have any substance? Yea, we get a nice close look into some broken characters but... in fact, that's it, isn't it? We see these people are broken and we don't really need to go that deep. The movie has a very nice presentation, going from scene to scene but... in the end it's all quite simple, no? Problematic relationship, ego instead of love, unloved wife, unloved daughter, compensating by vices... But aren't all movies like this? Hopefully not! My feelings are problematic because I can't stop comparing this movie to Fellini's 8 1/2 or Synedoche, New York. And Synedoche takes the cake on complexity, easily.
So yea. This is not so much of a review but rather sharing the feeling that the movie left. Which, in the end, is the point of a review.
A great movie about broken people, that'll leave you feeling broken. If you're anything like me (: