This is a strange dystopian film with illogical storylines where symbolism matters more than logic. I usually like that kind of thing, but this film just didn’t click for me.

Maybe I’ll revisit it someday, or maybe not.

This is a strange dystopian film with illogical storylines where symbolism matters more than logic. I usually like that kind of thing, but this film just didn’t click for me.

Maybe I’ll revisit it someday, or maybe not.

At long last, I am able to complete my journey that began in 2022 of seeing every Joaquin Phoenix movie. This one was seemingly completely lost, and now I understand why. Miraculously appearing in 540p on the Criterion Channel, this is a complete disaster. Usually when I say that a movie is incomprehensible, I'm exaggerating, but this is totally incomprehensible. With a budget of 10 million and a box office of 500,000, I'm sure that if more people had seen it, it would've tanked Joaquin's career. Luckily, I saved his worst performance for last. All of our native American leads (including Sean Penn who does not interact with any of the characters, but does narrate intermittently) are forced to do Polish accents for some reason and I just feel so bad for everyone involved. I can almost see what Vinterberg was going for and I think a better director and a few script edits could've made this interesting and coherent in the vein of a Wim Wenders type movie, but as it is...so messy and boring. But, finally, now, my plight is over...until Joker 2...

At long last, I am able to complete my journey that began in 2022 of seeing every Joaquin Phoenix movie. This one was seemingly completely lost, and now I understand why. Miraculously appearing in 540p on the Criterion Channel, this is a complete disaster. Usually when I say that a movie is incomprehensible, I'm exaggerating, but this is totally incomprehensible. With a budget of 10 million and a box office of 500,000, I'm sure that if more people had seen it, it would've tanked Joaquin's career. Luckily, I saved his worst performance for last. All of our native American leads (including Sean Penn who does not interact with any of the characters, but does narrate intermittently) are forced to do Polish accents for some reason and I just feel so bad for everyone involved. I can almost see what Vinterberg was going for and I think a better director and a few script edits could've made this interesting and coherent in the vein of a Wim Wenders type movie, but as it is...so messy and boring. But, finally, now, my plight is over...until Joker 2...

This was like 5 movies in 1, and my favorite part was Claire Danes clones obsessed with knowing specific details of her life and touching her face because she is the most beautiful one. Also, that scene where they all are skating and wearing pink.

This was like 5 movies in 1, and my favorite part was Claire Danes clones obsessed with knowing specific details of her life and touching her face because she is the most beautiful one. Also, that scene where they all are skating and wearing pink.