Tuesday, December 20, 2005
HOW DO YOU SPELL DYSFUNCTIONAL?
I know why
is a New York Times Best 1176 Film. But, I don't have to like it.
This is a combination of ironic comedy—there are laughs—and a tragic compendium of terminal losers.
It is like watching a slow motion train wreck and that is not a cliché I use lightly. It is apt.
It is slow. It is terminal. It is very unhappy. It has stuff in it I could do without seeing. Start with pedophilia and the relationship between the perp and his son. Aaaaargh.
He is a shrink.
The structure is like La Ronde. It starts one place and touches another and eventually all the characters are tied together. Sadly. But humorously.
Todd Solondz wrote and directed. I have heard about him, somehow, but never have seen his 'work'.
I will give it a 3 out of Netflix5 or maybe a 2. It depends if there is any leftover stuff in my head after another hour or two.
