Spiritual ride

Rating: 8/10 (30 April 2010)

I came across this movie in the new bluray section at the rental place. I think i saw a trailer or something about it, and all I remembered was that I should see it sometime. It seemed a nice comedy/drama thingy to watch.
It turned out to be a very intelligent, spiritual, emotional, well written and drug-inspired movie. Let me say that again: drug-inspired movie. This is something a lot of reviewers here are missing when making arguments. Read my summary for my take on the story.
The movie was pretty well made. There are some minor technical quirks here and there (eg CGI), but I don't think this was a big budget film in the first place. The story is really good, if you are open for it. But I understand that some people think the story is stupid because of the 'silly' stuff going on. The storytelling is close to psychedelic, but the editing is more straightforward. Soundtrack was nothing special, but still had some well placed songs here and there.
The feeling I had while watching the movie (with a smoke) was a bit like a shroom trip. There is a whole spectrum of emotions being tapped in to, resulting in a lot of different 'genres'. It has some thought provoking ideas, and sometimes refers to real life events which brings the story a bit closer to home.
I was genuinely touched by this movie, and whomever is reading this: I hope you will be too!