LEAVES YOU ONLY WITH QUESTIONS LEFT UNANSWERED

Rating: Null/10 (14 April 2002)

First of all let me say this, 98% of David Lynch's films leave you unsatisfied, its kind of like having sex without climaxing!! Maybe thats a bad analogy but I think movies are first and foremost meant to entertain, where Lynch's movies are more like a mathmatical problem with no solution. Mulholland Drive is a well made film with good performances particularly Naomi Watts. This film is shot better then Lynch's last few films but I have to say I don't understand how he got an Academy Award nomination for best director, I think thats more mysterious then anything in this movie. Like other people have written in other posts, this movie seemed as though it was marketed as a mystery surronding a woman who lost her memory but as you watch it all play out you realize thats not the main plot, which is either really creative or unbeliveably dumb on Lynch's part. Overall I can appreciate many aspects of Mulholland Drive namely Lynch's offbeat humor which works really well at times which is mainly because of the actors giving good performances. I would only recomend this movie to a true Lynch fan, even if you like movies from other directors like Fellini or Gilliam who's films are often surreal and leave you asking questions, you still may not like Mulholland Drive because of the fact that it lacks a cohesive story. I think only David Lynch himself understands this movie (or atleast I hope he does!!) and that would be fine but as a viewer you want to see a story unfold even if it is surreal and untelling at times, thats what seperates a movie from a music video, movies have stories and music videos are usually just creative imagery layed in front of music with no real story. Overall I wouldn't recomend this movie, not because its an aquired taste like all of Lynch's movies but because its a bunch of nonsense that dosen't flow together. When you watch Mulholland Drive its almost as if your watching two or three different movies with the same cast. I espically would not recomend the DVD. The DVD is one long chapter with no chapter breaks which I personally think was worse then the movie itself, an extremly bad call on Lynch's part. To describe my reaction once Mulholland Drive was over I'll use a quote from another Lynch film, this one being Twin Peaks Fire Walk With Me, when a character says, "I'm as blank as a fart"!