It's over

Rating: 1/10 (24 May 2004)

The age of the hipster, when this movie would have been impressive, is long past. What we're left with is one or two nice cherries out of a moldy, rotten pile. A few comments:
I didn't realize that RZA had such a bad speech impediment. But it's something that he should think about correcting before he goes on screen again.
Iggy Pop, regardless of how hard he may try, will never be an actor. Tom Waits, not so much. Both they, and the White Stripes were there to give the movie credibility amongst indie hipsters.
And speaking of the White Stripes, the whole "seemingly dumb musicians who are actually brilliant" thing was done to death with Waynes World. It's mildly funny, but the joke is old.
Oh, and before anyone jumps down my throat about this, I get the movie, and its paper thin message of the random connectivity in all of our lives, regardless of whether or not we realize it. But it's been done before, and better. Jarmusch would do well to stick with other writers.