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A Very Serious Person (2006)
I Liked It/may contain spoilers.
I found the movie to be fairly light-hearted and entertaining. I put it in the same category as certain books that I read - mindless entertainment. This is not a derogatory comment - it just means that it is something to watch that is entertaining but doesn't require my full attention.
As for the comments that "Gil" doesn't act his age, I think that is appropriate given how he has been/is being raised. He doesn't hang around with other kids his age and given the trauma of losing his mother when he would have been around seven, it would be natural for him to be emotionally immature. I do agree that, for someone his age, he seems too comfortable with being gay but again, it could be that he was raised in an environment of acceptance and was exposed to all kinds of people.
"Jan" and "Lee" do seem a bit much but I think that only adds to the comedic value of the movie. Since I'm not gay, I can't speak to whether or not the roles would be considered offensive to the gay community (I do agree the scene in the motel room was over the top) but "Lee" does remind me of a few gay men I used to know.
As for wlumpkin's comment about "Jan" speaking in a highbrow English accent, "Jan" is supposed to be Danish and just uses proper English.
Undertow (2004)
Had Potential but disappointing
Undertow is set in a gritty environment and the farm the father and two brothers live on is just dreary and depressing. The movie also lacks depth. We don't really learn much about the mother and what happened to her. The most bizarre part is that there is no explanation as to why the little brother, Tim, eats all kinds of weird things (like paint). Since I didn't watch this movie to the end, perhaps that gets explained later on.
I feel this movie had potential but once the violent episode took place it just became unbelievable. There was no reason for the kids to run off because the Uncle was not an immediate threat. They would have had time to go to the Sheriff and Tim would have been able to back up Chris's story. I gave up on it at this point because I just can't handle shear stupidity and that is what I felt about Chris's behavior.