The Event

The Event

The Event
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Actor: Brent Carver, Joanna Adler, Olympia Dukakis, Rejean Cournoyer, Walter Borden
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 110 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2004-04-13
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Velocity / Thinkfilm

Movie Reviews of The Event

Movie Review: The AIDS & Death Party Rocks On...huh?
Summary: 1 Stars

Since I like to be challenged when I watch a movie (if you don't believe, read my reviews for TWISTER and TRANSFORMERS), I'll frequently check out the films on the Sundance Channel or IFC. And about half of those films are usually about gay issues. Not my taste in movies (or life, for that matter) but sometimes I'll check out a few minutes of a movie and find myself completely fascinated by how disconnected and wrong-headed a movie can be.

Which perfectly describes my reaction to THE EVENT.

The only way I could entertain myself for this movie was to try and fathom the mentality behind it. THE EVENT only makes sense if you see it through the siege mindset of those in the AIDS community. This terrible plague of a disease destroyed a generation of gays but movies like this only muddies the water.

The story unravels the death of an AIDS patient. The problem is that he may have died by another's hand--by the hands of the people who care for him the most. Somewhere in this mess of a "loving" assisted suicide message is a convoluted love/hate/kill dynamic between a gay son and "loving" mother. I wonder if Olympia Dukakis had any idea that she was playing the most sinister mother this side of Angela Lansbury in the original "The Manchurian Candidate." Just look at what she does at the end of the film, all the while talking about all the "love" filling that room.
(I know I'll get flack for this, but every gay guy I've known has some monstrous mommy issues because of their mothers).

The sense of humor was confusing, expressing the gallows humor of living under the shadow of this disease but it leaves the viewer disconnected from any real drama. Placing the story all around 9-11 with absolutely no mention of it was also confusing. (One part of the film says "October 2001" but was clearly shot after a winter snowfall before showing a nice autumn labeled "November 2001").

In one scene, the despondent lover of the victim takes the cremated remains of AIDS victims and trails them through New York City, leading to the city offices. "The real killers." No, not exactly.

This is not a movie for anyone outside of the gay Indie film scene. Its confused messages aside, it's also poorly written and made.

Summary of The Event

Matt Shapiro (DON McKELLAR) is dead, one more victim of AIDS in New York City. But someone in his circle of friends called 911 when Matt died, which means that Assistant District Attorney Nicole "Nick" DeVivo (PARKER POSEY) has to interview witnesses to close the file. But there's a strange hesitancy about Matt Shapiro's family and friends when they talk about his death, and Nick grows suspicious. Did Matt Shapiro die of AIDS? Did he kill himself? Did someone help him? And was he the only victim?

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