If you cannot be original, at least be entertaining

Rating: Null/10 (4 January 2003)

This film is not representative of an original artistic vision. The imagery is all too familiar. Mine is simply an objective observation, as clearly there are dozens of overt references to "Twin Peaks," which was ironically quite original television. From "TP's" little dancing deformed man in a heavily draped room (only now, in "MD" he sat in a chair in a heavily draped room) to the director carrying around his golf club--a la the iconic "Log Lady", we were given the same old Lynchian stuff, rehashed with a lesbian subtext--whoop-dee-doo. Realistically speaking, a filmmaker who refuses to provide a viewer of average or above intelligence with a cohesive narrative to pull together his/her artist vision is merely being self-indulgent--not remotely interested in the audience. Why should we share our time and movie dollars with someone who doesn't care about us? For those who proclaim this film "craft," I suggest a re-reading of "The Emperor's New Clothes."