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Shirkers (2018)
Self-important slow burning dud
25 November 2018 - 34 out of 53 users found this review helpful.
I heard the Sandi Tan interview on Fresh Air and was intrigued by Shirkers. Went into it with high expectations and thinking I knew what to expect, but was let down as I watched it unfold.
Tan narrates a film that is about her which includes video made by teenagers decades ago, a lot of people talking about Tan, and uninteresting storytelling.
It's a documentary with the seriousness and importance of a historic figure but the subject is a film critic/film maker describing this one mildly interesting thing that happened to her.
The premise was interesting, but it fell apart under the weight of her own self-importance.
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