What a miss

Rating: 1/10 (11 May 1999)

I swear, what this movie has going for it as far as getting the audience interested in the theories the main character has, it totally misses on the character level. Max is an annoying egotistical wacko who spends a lot of time popping pills and unfortunately (probably to pad up the movie) we are shown his hallucinations. Parts of the film are tough to take without a fast forward button, because the recurring "trips" are pointless, boring and irritating. And there are many such trips....too many. A lot of metaphors are lost and the movie loses by being centered around the theorist instead of the theories. A thoroughly unlikable main character, even if the performer behind him is pretty damn good, is what spoils this one.
This movie was hyped as a great indie film, I think it did well technically, but artistically, it belongs in Mystery Science Theatre 3000 right down there with "Manos - the Hands of Fate". Feels like a padded up short film, stretched out to be marketed as a feature.