A wild stoner girl in the dead part of America becomes mysteriously impregnated, and only a weird outcome can explain the weirdness.
I like it when things get weird. And I like film types pointing out the weird decay of America under Reaganite values. But this duzzn't work.
The whole thing is driven by the lead actress, and she is pure force of personality: gutsy, sarcastic, foul-mouthed. Stoned. But she's in almost every scene and did not make me laugh once. Plus they have Chloe Sevigny in a lame, inconsequential part without once making use of her close-up genius. Plus the quirky girl from the Big Chill all grown up and crazy and grey, but disappearing without a whimper. And then there's all that crappy marine stuff. The final image is powerful, but what went before is irrelevant.
Music is hectic. Photography doesn't do much - lots of cars driving up to boring locations - but the nightscape over the cabin was passably interesting.
No weird. No insight. Just contrived.
Overall: boring waste of talent.
I like it when things get weird. And I like film types pointing out the weird decay of America under Reaganite values. But this duzzn't work.
The whole thing is driven by the lead actress, and she is pure force of personality: gutsy, sarcastic, foul-mouthed. Stoned. But she's in almost every scene and did not make me laugh once. Plus they have Chloe Sevigny in a lame, inconsequential part without once making use of her close-up genius. Plus the quirky girl from the Big Chill all grown up and crazy and grey, but disappearing without a whimper. And then there's all that crappy marine stuff. The final image is powerful, but what went before is irrelevant.
Music is hectic. Photography doesn't do much - lots of cars driving up to boring locations - but the nightscape over the cabin was passably interesting.
No weird. No insight. Just contrived.
Overall: boring waste of talent.