Romantics Be PreparedA Dark Look At The Boy-Scout 1950's

Rating: 7/10 (20 December 2013)

There probably were a few unsuspecting Romantic Souls that wandered in to this thinking that it is going to be a Love Story with some friction, tension, and maybe a Commentary on shallow Suburban Life in the 1950's. Okey Dokey.
However, They will discover that this is a brutally depressing and very hard to like Star paring of A-List Actors and an Award Winning Director. Also, probably not aware of the Critically Acclaimed Novel, those unfortunate Folks may leave this with a Retro-Neurosis experiencing a Story when Pharmacological Brain Balancing was not the Norm.
So keep that bottle of Pills handy and be prepared to pop the required daily dose. Trouble is after Viewing this Downer it may be hard to feel Up again, at least in the short term. Dark and Puncturing this is a well made Anti-Nostalgic peek at the underbelly of that invisible Two-Faced place that seemed oh so safe.
But it is the Inner Man/Woman that is brought out here and that is not an easy thing to do, especially in the Visual Mediums. This type of thing tends to work better on the Page than the Screen and this is a case in point.