Storytelling
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Movie Reviews of Storytelling
Movie Review: Another great film from Solondz
Summary: 4 Stars
This film gets only 4 stars, not because it isn't great, but because it suffers in comparison to the director's previous films. The critics are right to say that this is Solondz's slightest effort so far, but it's still much stronger than just about any contemporary film I can think of. Solondz deserves great esteem just for having the courage and vision to make films that don't flinch in their depiction of naked reality. If that weren't enough, his films also manage to be wonderfully acted and strikingly photographed. The hysterical reactions that his films evoke, are in my opinion, evidence of his considerable powers as an artist. I recommend all three of his films to anyone who knows that films are more than just entertainment. Look out for Steve Railsback(Helter Skelter, Lifeforce) as an apathetic highschool principal and Mike Shank(American Movie) as a stoner cameraman.Movie Review: Not Entirely Coherent
Summary: 4 Stars
I accept "Fiction" as an enjoyable and funny parable. I liked it, which is something I can't say about Solondz' first two films.But "Nonfiction" seems pretty incoherent. What's he trying to say? He's trying to mute criticism that he sees himself above others, by making fun of himself, Woody Allen-style. He's poking fun at suburban life. He's poking fun at slackers. He's poking fun at "American Beauty". He's reminding us of "Dollhouse" with the precocious young boy. He gives us some genuinely humorous moments here, then ends the whole thing in an ugly way at the end, inexplicably and to no purpose I can discern.
It has its moments, and the first half-hour clicks. Maybe next time Solondz can come to some point?
Movie Review: Great stuff
Summary: 4 Stars
I remember when this film came out. It was soon after 9/11. The towers are in one shot of the film. This film is really funny, especially if you ever took a creative writing class or tried to make a film. The source of the comedy if very uncomfortable humor. It is black humor. The first part is like a litany of intense pain, where you can only laugh or be repulsed. The film lets you off the hook in the second part. It seems much like the recent Sideways movie, which has a shared sense of dark humor. But it is a different time and a movie like Sideways has benefitted from the example of Storytelling. People usually know what they are getting when they see the name Todd Solondz.Movie Review: DVD OR NOTHING
Summary: 4 Stars
TWO SEGMENTS: 1. FICTION & 2. NON~FICTION. *WARNING* YOU DO NOT WANT TO WATCH THIS MOVIE ON VHS. IT IS CENSORED. DURING AN EXPLICIT SEX SCENE A HIDIOUS RED RECTANGLE POPS UP COVERING A VITAL PART OF THE FIRST SEGMENT. I'VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE IT. THE SCENE SHOULD HAVE BEEN TONED DOWN IF ANYTHING. BUT COVERED UP...ONE THING ABOUT A GOOD MOVIE IS THAT YOU FORGET YOUR WATCHING A MOVIE AND YOU JUST GET SWEPT UP IN IT. THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO DO WHEN IT IS CENSORED. TO BE HONEST I THOUGHT IT WAS SOME KIND OF JOKE. SO I URGE YOU TO GET THIS ON DVD AND TAKE IN THE FULL TODD SOLONDZ EXPERIANCE. IT'S WORTHY.Movie Review: dark yet interesting
Summary: 4 Stars
THe main reason I went to see Storytelling was that the movie was filmed in my high school and I was an extra in the SAT scene. But to step back from that excitement, I would say that although there was not a definite plot, the movie conveyed meaning. There was a character that almost every viewer, especially the teenage-college audience could identify with. Some of the cinematography was dark and depressing, as it was supposed to be. Overall, the film presented its audience with an interesting twist away from typical hollywood teenage angst flicks.