Entanglement

Low budget, indie (?) movie. Acting, direction, camera work were fine. Start was interesting and intriguing - there was some fractal World type philosophy at start, although without that word. Funniest moment was probably that car steal at beginning. Not really a comedy. Not really a drama. Romantic - very little. Still, mixture could work, but there was almost nothing not seen, and it became predictable somewhere at middle. Main (anti)hero did not have job, at least that was impression - so, we could say that he had too much free time - for stupid ideas. I wondered couple time how he managed to pay bills, especially when he never had money by self. But that's very common in many movies - young people living fine, even spending money pretty well, while no job. Maybe their main problem is lack of reality, realism ? OK, maybe people watching this kind rather, than some depression caused at workplace, by bad economic perspective. And this movie served well escaping from realism, even with simpler realistic message. Probably more interesting for younger audience.

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.

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.

Laden with phony dialogue & tired tropes straight out of an obnoxious/self-righteous 90s indie, this gangly, modern melodrama somewhat redeems itself for those with the fortitude to stick it out (much like its main character).

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.