This movie IS weak. And then some. It's one thing to portray a flawed protagonist; it's quite another to bombard viewers with 1 1/2 hours of a totally unlikeable protagonist. And that's exactly what Melamedoff has done here. Joshua is weak, passive-aggressive, incompetent, selfish, and childish. And if that isn't bad/weak enough, EVERY SINGLE OTHER CHARACTER is loathsome as well. The wife, girlfriend, best friend -- EVERYONE in this train wreck of a movie is unlikeable, at best. The mother commits suicide, the brother is autistic, the wife is a heartless shallow fraud, the best friend is a jerk, the repairman is an a-hole, the fellow English teacher is an air heard, and the 18 year old girlfriend is clueless. NOTHING about this movie is enjoyable. It's an hour and a half of one awkward, uncomfortable moment after another. And what is the viewer treated to at the end of all of this misery? MORE ambivalence and awkwardness as the main character STILL can't quite figure out what he wants. And unlike the reviewer who stated that it "all works" because of the "quality of writing and directing", I couldn't disagree more. It DOESN'T work because the writing and directing is substandard. And so is the end result. I could think of a lot better ways to spend an hour and a half than watching "Weakness". A LOT of better ways.
Review of Weakness
