Well, I know some people will really like this movie but I'm not one of them. The film itself is considered a documentary, but I don't consider it that, but rather a performance art meets Tony Robbins self-help seminar Meets magic show meets The Moth storytellers.
While the Gambler story was entertaining on its own and it was interesting to hear about his lesbian mother and how we dealt with it as a whole I didn't think the whole thing came together, but rather a garbled pretentious collection of stories and self-discovery to make people feel good and cry with a little bit of trickery and slight of hand.
The Cameo of David Blaine and him crying because he called him a brother, and I swear I saw Bill Gates professing himself as a leader and the audience to but that might just be my imagination. These cameos alone I found cheesy and took me out of the film altogether.
I'm not the kind of person that likes to be forced to feel things, and this film felt like it was trying way too hard to be emotional, a little bit heavy-handed for my taste.
While the Gambler story was entertaining on its own and it was interesting to hear about his lesbian mother and how we dealt with it as a whole I didn't think the whole thing came together, but rather a garbled pretentious collection of stories and self-discovery to make people feel good and cry with a little bit of trickery and slight of hand.
The Cameo of David Blaine and him crying because he called him a brother, and I swear I saw Bill Gates professing himself as a leader and the audience to but that might just be my imagination. These cameos alone I found cheesy and took me out of the film altogether.
I'm not the kind of person that likes to be forced to feel things, and this film felt like it was trying way too hard to be emotional, a little bit heavy-handed for my taste.