Bliss

There is no way that we normal people can actually identify with how the mind of a mentally ill person on drugs works. We sometimes read news items about it, and wonder what "possessed" people to act out their strange behavior. But here, in this fictional movie, the writer/director makes his best effort. For the most part it is interesting and entertaining.

Owen Wilson, long known for his goofy roles, is in fact a fine dramatic actor. We see him in an office as a sales guy, we see him called into his bosses' office to get fired. We see him talk to his daughter about attending her graduation. We see him in a lab-like setting being referred to as "Doctor". But when it is all done we still wonder which was real and which was just in his mind, as a faulty narrator. We pretty well know the scenes on the lake (in beautiful Croatia) are in his imagination.

Not at all a mainstream movie, my wife and I enjoyed it on Amazon streaming movies.