friends don't let friends make a feature

Rating: Null/10 (20 March 2004)

This movie was beautifully edited, acted, written and, at times, directed. Every filmmaker should see it. It is a serious picture. Unfortunately, the story did not support a full length feature. There were many enjoyable scenes that dripped with brilliance, but they merely punctuated an otherwise soporific experience. One guy in my theater was literally snoring after fifteen minutes. Kaufman did all he could to inject life into the story with his crafty, cutting edge dialogue, but the main story was so weak, he had to add a number of subplots, which provided distraction, but not substance. Next time, I hope that Michael Gondry will devote his considerable talent to linear story-telling. It's not so bad.