The Movie Is WeirdÂ…...That Was A Compliment

Rating: 8/10 (21 April 2014)

This Cult Movie is all about Tone. You will Either Love it or Hate it Depending if You Love or Hate the Tone of this Ambitious First Film from Writer/Director Richard Kelly. Complementary Weird it is so Deep and Dense that it has Fanboys and Eggheads Debating Endlessly about its Merits or its Failings. It has Both.
It is Magnetic but Misfires on Occasion. Verbally it is Smart and Darkly Humorous, Satiric and Scathing at Times with its Stabs at Politicians, Self-Help Gurus, and Academic Snobbery. It has a Very Different Approach to Teen Angst and Stability Among Conventions and Pre-Determined Acceptable Posturing. But it can be Overwrought at Times with its Bullying, Science, and Psychobabble.
There is Time Travel and Hallucinatory Imagery on the Sci-Fi Side and a Grotesquery of Symbolism and Iconic Characterizations of the Imaginary Friend and the Forgotten by Time Philosophical Genius in Grandma Death. There is Enough Enjoyable Eccentricity in the Movie to make up for the Ambiguity that can, in the End, be a bit Frustrating.
A Fantastic Effort that will Appeal to Some and have Others Screaming Fraud. One Thing for Certain, the American Cultural Form in the Vision of an Anthropomorphic Bunny Manifestation has, for Better or Worse, Evolved/Devolved from Harvey (1950) to Frank.