so much promise...

Rating: Null/10 (25 May 2002)

The story progresses nicely, aided by some nice camerawork during the "music videos". By 'nicely' I mean the story is good by itself and also for the questions it makes the viewer ask about the intentions of characters and by extension, the director himself. But all this evident time and effort runs out of steam. The conclusion of the movie feels like a cop-out - the director is great at making promises and expressing possibilities to the viewer, but then seemingly shrugs his shoulders and hides behind a cowardly, non-sensical ending. I appreciate movies that attempt to live from their ambiguity; this one goes so far though, takes such pains to disorient/amaze/taunt/play with the viewer, thats its strange ending leaves one feeling abandoned and bullied, not fulfilled and thankful. And the impact (on all its levels) of the airplane piece in the opening scene is done much better in the movie "Sexy Beast" with the boulder.