renskeveldman

For me this movie just didn't work. A whole bunch of narration and random scenes of this ice cold main character talking to her boyfriend or her friend. Don't get me wrong, I love movies like this one that don't really make sense and get you into a trance like expierence, but this one was just not for me. I have no idea what this movie was building up to and I have no idea what all of it meant. There was a lot going on and nothing was explained, wich worked in Mulholland Drive for example, but not here. There was also a LOT of narration (a lot more than actual dialogue) and random shots of surroundings. Just a whole bunch of nothing...

In my opinion this movie is just not as good as it maybe could have been.

The previous collaboration between writer and director Dan Gilroy and actor Jake Gyllenhaal Nightcrawler was a succesful one, unfortunatly I can't say the "did it again".

Although the trailer looked very promising and the reviews I read from early attenders at Sundance were both promising, I'm not surprised this movie turned out bad.

I expected a critique of the art world, but we barely got any of that. Yes. it tis what most of the movie is about, but we never get a clear explanation or message besides "Don't be greedy, appreciate real art". There is no depth in the movie and the last 20 minutes felt like they rushed to make an ending. And where I was expecting interesting characters we got barely anything. Most of them are just typical art world people and I felt like some of the actors really missed the line between actual character and boring caricature. But I was most dissapointed with the interesting storylines the movie could have had. Morf's book writing and also his bisexuality, wich felt like it was put there more in a way to score points, and John Malkovich character's career. So much in this movie felt like it was added just to make it seem more interesting.

In the end this movie is almost as pretentious as the artworld it tries to critique.