"Think about it. It would be absurd."

Rating: 10/10 (9 February 2016)

Just saw this movie, and what can I say. Absurd, as it is said in the film (and in the quote above), is one of the first words that comes into my mind. Grotesque, but stylistically confident. Maybe the most macabre and morbid movie about Love I have ever seen. And yes, this film is about Love. From the utterly weirdest perspective you can imagine. The actors transport this well-written and inspired screenplay so straight in the visitors face, so that the weirdest scenes made me laugh the most in this movie. Colin Farrell might remind you of Joaquin Phoenix in "Her", not only because of the similar mustache they share. But where "Her" (which I also liked very much, what's funny because I'm not a fan of Love-stories at all) wanted to be deep and sad, this film holds on to his crazy and brilliant idea and unfolds its highly and numerously funny elements due to his consequence. And all of it yet came totally unexpected. Still the center of the movie is thoughtful. What value does Love have in our todays world? What are we making of it and how do we transform ourselves by doing so? The sobriety of that world and its characters is captured brilliantly by the steady camera-shots and the rather mealy colors of the films landscapes. The music underlines the grotesqueness of what's going on, creating a feeling of uncomfortableness as the story moves forwards to its eerie end.
The originality of the storyboard alone is enough to fascinate; but the outworking and cogency makes this movie a 10/10.