Aside from the stellar cinematography, there isn't much to write about on this film. That's because the screenplay offers a paper-thin depiction of protagonists that we are ostensibly supposed to connect with here. The problem is that they are so low-key and devoid of any real dialogue that does not pass for small talk, that the whole portrayal is ultimately cardboard. Perhaps the architecture in Columbus, Indiana needed a contribution of wooden character portrayals to be considered up with the times.
But after watching this film, during which I struggled mightily to keep my eyes open, I will not for one minute abide these ridiculous reviews that credit this film for being a "character study" or anything worthy of high praise. Comparisons to Lost in Translation are utterly insulting; I knew that film well and it stands head and shoulders above this plexi-glass, scrubbed commercial about nothing. I know a misfire when I see one. This is it.
But after watching this film, during which I struggled mightily to keep my eyes open, I will not for one minute abide these ridiculous reviews that credit this film for being a "character study" or anything worthy of high praise. Comparisons to Lost in Translation are utterly insulting; I knew that film well and it stands head and shoulders above this plexi-glass, scrubbed commercial about nothing. I know a misfire when I see one. This is it.