I'm a fan of "classy reality" and I'll take the time to see every film that is done in this style... however it's pretentious in all aspects - except for a few individual acting performances.
The lead male character is completely unlikeable. Like homer simpson but without any redeeming features. Always relies on others to pick him up again... and you can see he/the character/actor is doing it for show, it doesn't look like he's "trying his best given the circumstances". He is acting purposefully weak for attention. Later, aggressive for fun. This sort of person is a villain and deserves all the pain he gets. So trying to make the audience feel anything for him breaks the movie.
All the other acting performances, including the camera being tricky in some of the sex scenes also ruins the reality aspect, and therefore the movie.
This movie should be about people doing their best to be happy given the times they live. Sex & food are the two main "delights", so they should be seen actually being happy, not coward, passive aggressive.
The lead male character is completely unlikeable. Like homer simpson but without any redeeming features. Always relies on others to pick him up again... and you can see he/the character/actor is doing it for show, it doesn't look like he's "trying his best given the circumstances". He is acting purposefully weak for attention. Later, aggressive for fun. This sort of person is a villain and deserves all the pain he gets. So trying to make the audience feel anything for him breaks the movie.
All the other acting performances, including the camera being tricky in some of the sex scenes also ruins the reality aspect, and therefore the movie.
This movie should be about people doing their best to be happy given the times they live. Sex & food are the two main "delights", so they should be seen actually being happy, not coward, passive aggressive.