Product: Jesus' Son [VHS]
Rating: 2.0
Junkie Love
Just what I need to waste two hours of my life. A movie about a slacker who uses drugs. And it's not the drug part that irritates me, it's the slacker part. This movie is the adventures of a guy in the early 70's who basically just drifts. He encounters girls, drugs, a stab at a family life, more drugs, rehab, more girls, and well, you watch it and tell me. I'd say a fair assumption of a movie is that while you don't have to care FOR the characters in it, you should at least care what happens to him. "Bugsy" may not have been a good guy, but you did want to see how that movie ended.With this movie, there is no such caring. The character is not a bad guy. He's fairly friendly an amiable. But to tell you the truth, I'd rather have Bugsy over for dinner in the presence of my children than the hero of this movie. At least Bugsy had drive and ambition, which can be channeled positively. But it would be a greater sin to have my kids grow up to be someone who aimlessly just drains society.You want to see a good movie about drug users? Try "Drugstore Cowboy". These folks may have not had a good lifestyle, but darn it, they worked HARD to keep that lifestyle up.The only reason this movie gets two stars from me is the cameo by Jack Black. The guy just lights up the screen with energy with every movie he's in, and I'd actually watch a movie just because he's in it.