I just saw this film last night. At first I was going to praise the director for his ambitious decision to cast androids in every single role, but then I came to and realized that I had just watched the flattest, most emotionally antiseptic, charisma-free inconsequentiality ever committed to screen. The dialog is bare and boring, delivered in a near monotone by a cast that is interchangeable by way of their characters' equal absence of personality. When the "story" took a few turns for the potentially dramatic, I felt like I was watching The Asperger's Players Presents. This film makes the most muted mumblecore flick feel like Who's Afraid Of Virgina Wolf.
See!!! People waiting to get buzzed into walk up apartments! See!!! The protagonist banally flit between neutered boyfriends! See!!! Someone pay for Spanish lessons in cash! As someone who is tired of bloated, Hollywood action sequels and intelligence insulting comedies, I do my best to support indie and foreign film. I enjoy a wide variety of film genres and styles from the past to the present, including small budgeted pictures that feature realistic or understated performances, but come on! The acting and the dialog weren't "realistic" "subtle" or "understated" they were just bad for the reasons stated in the first paragraph. I fail to understand why some of these poorer "alternative" films are getting a pass by critics and some audience members. Perhaps by acknowledging that there are some real duds in the subset, they might be admitting to the cold fact that the much of contemporary cinema maybe on the decline.
Just because you have a tiny budget, doesn't mean you have to make a tiny film.
BTW, I posted this review in the comments section of other on-line publications and it got deleted. So, you can be censored for not agreeing with the critic? What is the point of the comment section then? I'm just trying to make sure people don't waste their money.
