Lots of clichéd vignettes, thrown together as a sort of self evolving puzzle . . .

Rating: 1/10 (7 January 2018)

Yes . . . one could consume endless paragraphs of pretentious art fluff verbiage, hoping to sound importantly relevant, spewing out a meandering pseudo-intellectual diatribe on the significance of this object d' art.
But why?
Sorry, at the risk of sounding like a servile dolt to some who wish to occupy their own delusional sense of self important grandeur, this was an attempt (a very clumsily failed attempt) to blurt out a rendering of the foibles of the human condition, extruded through the mandrel of this "visionary" production.
These themes have been rehashed endlessly before, and in most previous cases, at least there was an attempt at delivering some sort of coherence throughout the production.
Not here.
Lots of clichéd vignettes, thrown together as a sort of self evolving puzzle with the theoretical mission of delivering a profound message from which we can extract experiential wisdom.
Am I awestruck by this "profound" production?
No . . . fail, ridiculously so.
The "ending", which I will not reveal here of course, is tacked onto the last 30 seconds or so of the film, as a convenient out as if to summarize what's going on during the previous 2 hours, leading up to "the big reveal".
Trust me on this one . . . it's not worth the wait.
My condolences to Jennifer Lawrence for having participated in this ill-fated, over the top disaster of a purported art film.
No doubt she was paid well for her performance here, but seriously, this is not something she is likely to want to be remembered for.
OK, technically, the production quality is good, kudos for some nice set construction and camera work.
But, as others have suggested, I also want my 2 hours back.
If negative stars could be awarded, this would be a -10, or less.
However, in keeping with IMDB protocol, a single star will have to do.