a film about voice that rarely finds its own. beauty borrows from the lives of real artists but offers little insight beyond vague aesthetics and heavy-handed metaphors. the script is frustratingly flat, characters speak in riddles, and the central conflict is never given the emotional weight it deserves. it gestures at greatness but settles for imitation.
visually sleek, narratively vacant
a film about voice that rarely finds its own. beauty borrows from the lives of real artists but offers little insight beyond vague aesthetics and heavy-handed metaphors. the script is frustratingly flat, characters speak in riddles, and the central conflict is never given the emotional weight it deserves. it gestures at greatness but settles for imitation.
visually sleek, narratively vacant