Long, bloated and boring
Saw this film at the Melbourne International Film Festival and was deeply deeply diappointed.
The film runs for three hours and it absolutely does not require the massive run time, as so little of consequence actually happens in the film. The bank robbery angle is an intriguing place to start the story and the banality of the workplace provides some moments of amusement and intrigue.
However the director soon gets bored with the central premise of the story and gets distracted by meandering through a variety of inconsequential subplots. These subplots end up contributing little to the film's plot overall. By the end it was really making me angry at how slow the plot was and how little the director cared about my time.
I have rarely been so bored during a film, honestly would have walked out if I hadn't been with a bunch of people who wanted to stay.
I'd ignore the inexplicably positive reviews by the high and mighty artsy film critics, save three hours and skip this one.
The film runs for three hours and it absolutely does not require the massive run time, as so little of consequence actually happens in the film. The bank robbery angle is an intriguing place to start the story and the banality of the workplace provides some moments of amusement and intrigue.
However the director soon gets bored with the central premise of the story and gets distracted by meandering through a variety of inconsequential subplots. These subplots end up contributing little to the film's plot overall. By the end it was really making me angry at how slow the plot was and how little the director cared about my time.
I have rarely been so bored during a film, honestly would have walked out if I hadn't been with a bunch of people who wanted to stay.
I'd ignore the inexplicably positive reviews by the high and mighty artsy film critics, save three hours and skip this one.
- eviltrav
- 19. Aug. 2023