Review of Tape

Tape (2001)
Revoltingly pretentious.
22 December 2002
The first sign that you are going to have to listen to a writers opinions on life is when a character has a similarly "creative" job. In this case one of the characters is a "film maker". His occupation should have been given as "person whose job it is to give the writers answers to the oh so thought provoking question the other aspects of the writers persona, in the form of the other characters, are asking." Though that may have been a little long winded.

While the film may be very close to what possibly could / would happen in this sort of situation a film should be entertaining not reflect life directly. In doing so this film is ultimately boring and any insights that the characters arrive at are so obviously those of the writer that its sickening.

A pretentious film which forces the watcher to sit and listen to a writer trying to be clever with his opinions on life for 90minutes thinly disguised as a piece of entertainment.

Avoid.
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