I see a lot of movies and it's a rare one that has me looking at the ceiling, looking at the audience, looking at the walls of the theater (looking at my watch).... I couldn't find my way into this film. Billed as some "true" look at the mafia, it has every element that "The Soprano's" did except this looks like it was edited with a hatchet.
With about five or six plot lines, it takes skill to interweave the elements and not just think "Okay, now we'll cut away to another story." I was flummoxed (yes, flummoxed) at how awkward and clumsy this was. Clearly a lot of effort went into the production and the cast certainly "looks" the part, but I didn't know why anyone was warring with each other or what was at stake.
The most coherent (and surreal) segment involves an haute couture enterprise, but even that had me asking, "Now, why would anyone care if so-and-so was showing so-and-so how to cut a bodice?"
And just what did the woman with the monkey have to do with...anything? It takes effort to mess up a movie that has a woman with a monkey.
Tedious stuff, I thought.
With about five or six plot lines, it takes skill to interweave the elements and not just think "Okay, now we'll cut away to another story." I was flummoxed (yes, flummoxed) at how awkward and clumsy this was. Clearly a lot of effort went into the production and the cast certainly "looks" the part, but I didn't know why anyone was warring with each other or what was at stake.
The most coherent (and surreal) segment involves an haute couture enterprise, but even that had me asking, "Now, why would anyone care if so-and-so was showing so-and-so how to cut a bodice?"
And just what did the woman with the monkey have to do with...anything? It takes effort to mess up a movie that has a woman with a monkey.
Tedious stuff, I thought.