While I don't necessarily mind if a film is depressing if everything else works, when it is done so by way of creating a world that doesn't ring true, that signals a failure to me. I think the writing is probably the ultimate culprit, although you might be able to make a case for the editing to have a hand in it. Things like there only being 6 or 7 people to run the restaurant that Milo's character works at, the overly convenient final scene where Milo is confronted by characters from his past, and the stand-up crowd's reaction to his stand-up (especially the final scene of it), just didn't ring true, and made the writing look lazy. The actors did very well with what they were given and other film elements were on par with most films these days, but the story and its particulars failed in the end. Spend 2 hours of your life another way.
Review of Madtown
