The film starts with a guy (played by director Richard Linklater) boring a taxi driver with talk of alternative realities. We then move on to see a car knocking over a woman in the street. Then the cops come for the driver, who, it turns out, was the victims son. And then the camera moves on to something else. This continues throughout. We follow one story, then move on. The film constantly drifts around. The whole movie is a plotless collection of snippets from the everyday existence of various slacker types in Austin, Texas. People talk about conspiracy theories, their artistic projects, political action, popular culture, whatever. It's kind of strange, but compelling. I particularly enjoyed one couple of characters discussing a theory that the reason behind the cartoon The Smurfs is that it's a way for getting children used to blue people, so that they're ready for Krisna coming to earth. The whole movie is a freeflowing documentary-style affair, which depicts the bizarrely ordinary. Not much happens, but it's still entertaining.
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Production Year: 1995 - Drama - Director: Ang Lee - Original Language: English - Classification: Universal - Starring: Emma Thompson, Alan Rickman, Kate Winslet, Hugh Grant, Greg Wise, Hugh Laurie, Robert Hardy
Production Year: 2004 - Drama - Director: Nick Cassavetes - Original Language: English - Classification: 15 years and over, 12 years and over - Starring: Rachel McAdams, Ryan Gosling, Gena Rowlands
Advantages: Brilliantly funny in places, especially involving Jason Schwartzman. Disadvantages: Boring romance plot and loses some of its inventiveness with same-old jokes.
su82 18.11.2005 (18.11.2005)
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