Nothing Really Happens

A tired phrase for sure, but I have 100% never seen anything like this before in my entire time of watching and appreciating the craft of film. Exists all in its own universe of structure, pacing, and overall storytelling. You for real cannot explain to people in passing what happens here without getting a headache, or them looking at ya as if you've just had a blunt. Legitimately put me in this headspace dude that no other movie has, but I was enamored for the whole ride. Making me laugh hard more than once coupled with moments that genuinely unsettled my core.

Ambitious for sure and obviously not for everyone if the low scores are anything to indicate, but if you enjoy dry comedies that consistently plays with what we're used too with mainstream offerings than there's no reason to not check this gem out. Might discover something special, maybe emotional like I did.

When the opportunity arises for Justin Petty, I'm sure we're gonna get something even greater down the line.

It should be illegal to make a movie this bad. The acting is god awful. Everything is over dramatized. The conversations are entirely unnatural. The jokes are terrible. I thought for sure with a 6.8 IMDB rating it wouldn't be a waste of time. Come to find out, all of the positive reviews are from people with only 1 review (this one) on their account. Or, a handful of reviews written all on the same day to give the illusion they're not fake.

This is a mind bending adventure into the mundane nature of life and the insecurities that beguile and cripple us. An intriguing film that is better watched with full submission into the premise as little as it seems. The filmmaker is not striving for any semblance of realism, which makes the film that much more intriguing. The dialogue is clever and rife with metaphor, the characters are interesting and each represent different aspects of the human condition. It's unlike any other film I've seen and stands out as an intelligent a trippy indie film.

Nothing really happens lives up to its name by being a dark comedy about a real loser dude with his dysfunctional girlfriend and weirdo friends. At some points, it can be disturbing, but if you dig some disturbing comedy this is your movie!

I decided to give this movie a shot after stumbling across it on Amazon and I was hooked immediately. The cast is hilarious and that plot isn't like anything I've seen recently, you should definitely check it out if you have the chance!