The Little Engine That Couldn't

Rating: 4/10 (10 May 2016)

Nice idea, bad delivery. Could be many things. Chock full of symbols. Is it the journey of the homosexual male trying to be like everyone else at his own expense? Is it about conformity? Is it about the weight of heterosexual mores and traditions that kill you in the end? About lost dreams, lost loves, lost selves? About naivete and trust? About lies? About living lies? Marrying who we hate and doing what we dislike to please others? About ancestry, adoption (Truman's real father isn't real), making up God in a godless society? Dreams of perfection? Parable about Hollywood and what they try to shove down the public's throat while brainwashing them with ads? Making people buy things? Latent lesbianism (all the women dislike men). Fake selves we present to the world? Masturbation (both mental and physical)? The emptiness that comes with getting what you think you want? American actors are too self aware--their egos always intrude. God is a repressed gay man throughout. Jim Carrey fails at drama. You pick the scenario you like.