Entanglement

Ben Layten (Thomas Middleditch) is suicidal after his wife Claire left him. He's taken with the mysterious Hanna Weathers (Jess Weixler). He's trying to examine his life and untangle it to find the source of his trouble with his neighbor Tabby Song's help. His dad fearing death from his heart-attack tells him about a previously unknown adopted sister. He suspects that Hanna is her long lost sister.

Initially, the romance is really problematic but the movie goes so far off-kilter that non of it really matters. It is an interesting oddity. Of course, the reveal comes as no surprise to anyone. It would be better to just add more surrealism. This small indie needs to make its splash in something and outrageous surreal visuals could be that thing. It also need something more specific about Hanna to create a poetic connection. This is interesting but nothing great.

Really enjoyed... not a typical Canadian Indie Flick.

Canadiana indie; recognized the pharmacist and the dad (they're ubiquitous in Canadian productions). Interesting story. Great acting by main character and sweet romance played out with caring neighbour. I actually didn't see where the story was going; thought it was clever.

What's jarring about this film is how tremendously awful the dialogue is. People simply don't relate to each other in this manner at all. The fact that it's all unreal doesn't matter or make any of the tripe forgivable in any way. It's just a meandering mess of scenes where as time goes by you loathe each character more and more and want awful things to happen to them. These supposedly odd, quirky films rarely work, and only art house snobs rave about them. Annoying soundtrack. Crappy editing. Cringe dialogue. All the components are in place for an annoying yawn fest of a viewing experience. Skip.

The only redeeming parts of this movie are the Wes Andersonesque opening sequence and the main character's charmingly Canadian low-effort-suicide-attempt montage that follows.

By the end you will have wished he succeeded.