Not compelling but still worth watching...

Rating: Null/10 (6 January 2002)

Watching "Mulholland Drive" somehow brought up memories about Lynch´s earlier effort "Lost Highway", basically in terms of the whole architecture of the film. An interesting story, memorable characters and a certain mood are developed slightly for quite a bit of the running time. All in a sudden the story breaks up and a different, if you like second story builds up. The storys are in a strange way connected, at least because the main characters, most of the other personnel and some symbolic items are featured in both of them, although they´re juxtaposed differently.
So what is "Mulholland Drive" all about? Mainly it´s the story of two women from whom one suffers amnesia as a result of a car accident. They meet, somehow fall in love and while many strange things happen, everything seems to be connected to a certain film production in Hollywood. Any further explanation would be a complete waste of time.
To me "Mulholland Drive" is a quite enjoyable movie, with dark humor at times, but it isn´t as compelling and sinister as most of the other weird fantasies of David Lynch, especially the similar constructed "Lost Highway". Anybody willing to experience this unique director at the peak of his art should watch the brilliant "Blue Velvet" instead.
Rating: 6/10