This is the sort of movie that critics seem to like, but I don't. There appear to be good performances by the leading actors. Isaach De Bankole really stands out, though I don't know if that's just the accent. I don't know enough about art to know, but Hunter's art seems to be good. We get to see how difficult the process is, though it's not as complex as it could have been.
This movie is not a comedy but it is funny when the group is on the plane and high.
People are using drugs almost constantly in some scenes. There is an effective scene where everything is speeded up as we watch people go in and out of a bathroom in what I can only assume is a restaurant, since we never see inside other than that bathroom. And most of what they do is snort or smoke. There are also the lesbians kissing.
And in some scenes, it is like watching digital TV with an antenna. But the frequent interruptions in the sound are accompanied not by stripes or other designs on the screen, but if the character speaking is shown, by that person's mouth being blurred. In one case I thought there was a serious technical problem. But apparently there were that many bad words right in a row.
A couple of actors playing the losers who are high really show us how bad a shape they are in. I'm thinking in particular of Paz de la Huerta as Allie. I'm not talking Oscar caliber, but you really start to worry about these people.
I'm not at all a fan of the music. There are many different styles, but I think all would qualify as Triple A Radio material, or close to it. Some tunes have kind of a new age feel, others lean toward Latin, and some are more like rock. If alternative or college radio is what you like, you might like it.
I think there's something worthwhile here.
