I Melt with You

I watched this movie the other night and I found it to be pretty good. It was not your average movie so Im thinking thats why it got such low reviews. People go into it thinking its a Hollywood blockbuster and their surprised by the indy film feel to it.

This is about 4 lifelong friends who meet up and spend a week together just like they do every year. They get a ton of alcohol and a ton of drugs and party hard for a week. Life is all good for the first couple days but a tragic loss shakes everything up and they all go in a downward spiral.

I thought this movie was intense. It was entertaining, funny and sad. It was an emotional ride of a movie and I suggest everyone watch it.

A film as powerful as it is disturbing, I Melt With You is for those of us who loved "requiem for a dream," "old boy," "irreversible," and "eraserhead" for their darker truths. The four anti heroes here are the people we know if we open our eyes and look around. Intentionally bleak, it takes a cold look at a group of men who have made bad choices in their lives and come face to face with them. Not everyone is honest enough to admit the vast difference between who they said they would be and what they actually became. These characters are. And what makes I Melt With You even more disturbing is the backdrop of Big Sur. It is the ugliness of living set against the power and beauty of nature. I found this movie incredibly moving and original, but, like the movies above, it is not for everyone. Oh, the soundtrack is the best I've heard in years.

Hard to know what to make of this. It's an extreme drama concerning a foursome of 40 year olds, who have one last, insane reunion. The greatest collection of punk rock tunes (as the soundtrack) overpowers some of the dialog but compliments the heavy, drug induced scenes. One that needs attention and then to re-visit at a later date. Middle life crisis has just become, all out crazy!

This movie reminded me of my life. And it scared me. This will not be for everyone. If you've lived through a "drug era" with a group of good guy friends (who you've stayed close to most of your life). The film may be for you. If you like films that kind of make you ponder about the dark side of life in general this also may be for you. Hope this review helps someone; I wouldn't take the horrible scores from IMDB and rotten tomatoes seriously. Great actors, amazing acting, plot that moves you and can reflect the lives of others, and has a good soundtrack... this film won't be for people that like dramas with a little more meat, (which this film kind of lacks).. however, with the money they spent to make this film the director and actors did a great job. Kudos.

I guess a case could be made for the very specific demographic aim of this movie: 40 plus and male - oh, and if you have done a fair share of drugs? Bulls Eye!

Listen, this IS a good movie. A downer, for sure. Nothing happy-go-lucky to see here.

But you WILL have to have lived a bit to get its qualities.

Millennials, who's greatest movie experience is what ever Super hero movie is currently playing, need not apply.

Bonus: A killer soundtrack - maybe the best ever in a movie.