Medicine for Melancholy

IMDb RATING

6.6/10

2.7K

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Wyatt Cenac and Tracey Heggins in Medicine for Melancholy (2008)

A love story of bikes and one-night stands told through two African-American twenty-somethings dealing with the conundrum of being a minority in a rapidly gentrifying San Francisco.

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Twenty-four hours in the tentative relationship of two young San Franciscans also dealing with the conundrum of being a minority in a rapidly gentrifying city.Twenty-four hours in the tentative relationship of two young San Franciscans also dealing with the conundrum of being a minority in a rapidly gentrifying city.Twenty-four hours in the tentative relationship of two young San Franciscans also dealing with the conundrum of being a minority in a rapidly gentrifying city.

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IMDb RATING

6.6/10

2.7K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 2 wins & 10 nominations total

Trivia
Made on a budget of $13,000.

Crazy credits
Each song in the soundtrack appears in the credits with a still frame from the part of the movie where it was used.

Connections
Featured in The Rotten Tomatoes Show: Saw VI/Cirque du Freak/The Vampire's Assistant/Amelia (2009)

Soundtracks
Ex.Oh.
Written and Performed by Ivana Xl (as Ivana XL)
Courtesy of Ivana Carrescia (ASCAP)

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Review

Featured review

5/10

***** intimate, brilliant, boring, but with a nice soundtrack

It was lucky that I had a computer nearby so that I could read email while watching this movie. There is a kind of quirky genius to it and I did feel an intimate connection to the characters at times. It felt real and familiar, a little bit awkward to be seeing them so close and personal. In a way the extreme realness of the film was its downfall. Hitchcock once said something to the effect that films are like real life with the boring parts taken out. Too many of the boring parts were left in this film.

The cinematography is weak, but the use of muted colors matches the plodding dullness of the film, which may have been the intention. The music was a strong point, I thought -- it was different and original, fresh and creative.