Post-modernism: the movie

Rating: 5/10 (12 February 2018)

This movie is just a movie, it's a "Sunday evening what's on TV" kind of movie, it's not bad, it's not great, and I'm surprised to see that it's a new critically acclaimed release. But that's not the reason behind a 5 star rating. I was settled on the score when the credits rolled. I was surprised to see that the director is the one behind "In Bruges" as that movie is on my watch-list and I'm sceptical about it after witnessing this mess, although I also guess that 10 years can do a lot to a writer (look no further than mister M. Night).
Did you notice how this first paragraph was all over the place? Well that's you're in for if you want to watch this movie. It's a wide lake as shallow as a puddle on a paved street. And again, it's not a bad things, it's just this is boring: a TV-grade screenplay, executed in a boring TV-style edit, just in a wider aspect ratio. There's is one good shot in the movie that justifies the ratio, I'll give it that, but most of the time it's really annoying to watch, and I'll give my opinion as to why:
This movie IS post-modernism. It wants to be everything and it is nothing. It wants to be Fargo, it wants to be Twin Peaks, it wants to be Police Academy, it doesn't settle on one single plot line for longer than 15 minutes and it just aimlessly wanders around, somewhere between a feminist manifesto and dark comedy, but not quite, and a left-wing propaganda cut and a serious drama, but not quite, leading basically nowhere. And don't get me wrong, it is quite entertaining, but it is entertaining in the same way that watching random YouTube videos is.
The first thing I said after watching this film was "well this is a movie that you don't need to watch twice", and that's basically the gist of it. It's not a terrible movie, it's watchable, and if you like cry-bating drama and you grew up thinking that you're edgy but not as edgy as the dorks in your class at witch you involuntarily laughed at, then this will definitely be a lot of fun.
The acting from the a and b-listers in this movie was top-notch, only 1 supporting character was kinda off but the rest gave an amazing performance, the pacing is fine, as you never get bored, and well: it's a movie after all.
It just doesn't hook you in any way, it doesn't offer a challenge, it doesn't do anything at all and, spoiler alert, it doesn't lead anywhere at all. If you think movies in the good old days were better because they hooked you in and you couldn't stop watching, then this movie is not for you. Otherwise, this is a solid 5 out of 10 stars experience. I've heard some people cried and all...