I had the misfortune to encounter this "film" at the 2001 Local Heroes Film Festival in Winnipeg, Manitoba. When the "filmmakers" preceded the the screening by saying that it only took them 3 days to write the "script" the final outcome should have been obvious. The "screenplay" is a scrambled, amateurish mess, lacking any original ideas and is crammed full of stiff, pointless dialogue. The performances are, to say the least, as stiff as the "screenplay" with the slight exception of Christie Wilkes who tries desperately, but fails go anywhere in this quagmire of celluloid. Jon Einarsson Gustafsson had stated before the screening that he wanted to make a serious film but Ihor Procak and Thom Schioler were more interested in making a comedy, well I can only say that they have failed miserably at both. Like the rest of the film, the direction is without vision and originality. Aimless shots of the two main characters driving then arguing and then driving again and then a shot or two of the "cold, barren" landscape make for boring cinema. I have never been to a film where I was so bored and restless, but I stayed to the end hoping for a payoff that never came. Unlike the four or five other people who got up and left the theatre not even half way through this waste. If you are a filmmaker yourself you should seek this film out because it is full of the things NOT to do when making a movie. It is unfortunate that this film is making the rounds at some festivals because I'd hate to think of it representing Canada and Canadian films, as it is the exception NOT the rule.
