dexter_greycells

This movie was mostly a waste of time. For a brief moment it gave me a Silver Linings Playbook vibe since the two main characters are dealing with mental health issues. However, the movie does not get serious except for may be the last 10-15 minutes. The comedy comes across as spoofy rather than funny. I was worried if I have let myself into watching a Stanley Kubrick movie whose movies have always left a terrible aftertaste in my mouth. A look at the credits told me it was written, directed and acted by the same guy. Seemed like self-indulgence to me. May be the movie might have appealed to a niche audience at the time it was released but it hasn't aged well. Natalie Portman was a headline name but even she can't save this one.

I found the movie mildly entertaining probably because it is a '93 movie that I am watching in '21. It is also not a movie you take too seriously or apply logic to. The hero (Mike Myers) is over the top whereas everyone else does a decent job. There are some good shots of San Francisco City.

I don't care for classics or cults that I don't understand and this one is right up that list. I find it particularly distasteful when large or key parts of the movie are a dream sequence that that audience was initially fooled into believing as real. The movie builds up reasonably well and then disappoints.