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The Worst Film Ever
PiraBit
if their story seems completely bonkers, almost like a feverish work of fiction, you ain't heard nothing yet.
Kinley
This movie feels like it was made purely to piss off people who want good shows
Thomas Engels
I don't know if you ever saw Threesome, a humorous story about an atypical triangle relationship. It's certainly not a masterpiece, but it does what it does with panache. It's fun to watch the confusion and somehow it's believable that two boys and a girl all have a thing for each other.The Mysteries of Pittsburgh also touches on the dilemma of bisexuality and sharing the same lover. However, here the setup is so bland that it seems to (involuntarily, of course) echo the clichés of people who have issues with homosexuality, namely, gays are confused/immoral and have too much libido for their own good.The film lacks clarity. Especially the beginning is a messy collage that fails to properly introduce the main character. The confusion becomes greater when more side characters show up. Nobody seems to know what he or she is doing in this story. The actors caught on to this, because their performances are colourless. Considering the 18 karat cast, the director is to blame.I add Mysteries to the long list of movies that failed because the people who made it thought that going off the beaten track would be enough to make a good movie.
chatfieldbatham
This was a beautiful but ultimately confusing film.There is an impressive cast of photogenic and talented actors, but the editing seems to have left parts of the story, which would explain its progression, out.As a result, the story of the 'last' summer for the character played by Foster, it is only partly believable, and the poignancy that one can sense was aimed at, is missed.There is good acting by the main actors, but the lines provided and the editing leave a lot to be desired.It is worth seeing, but ultimately leads to a mix of emotions at the end, and not ones intended by the director.
dbborroughs
Young man with a gangster for a father is studying for the exams to become a stock broker. He doesn't really want to go in that direction but that's the direction that his father has picked out for him (he's arranged a job for him once he finishes). Desperate to have his own life he has taken a dead end job at a local book supermarket just to have time for himself before his life stops being his own. After almost being run over by his college roommate he ends up at a party where he ends up meeting a beautiful blonde, who along with her boyfriend ends up changing his life.This is a well acted, except by Nick Nolte, story based on a book by Michael Chabon. Its much better than its soiled reputation would indicate. The film is infamous for being the film Sienna Miller took simply to get away from the paparazzi, she got into even more trouble by bashing Pittsburgh in several off handed comments. It was then barely released to theaters before being dumped on to DVD. This is a good little film. I liked it. My only real complaint outside of Nick Nolte's performance (it just doesn't work here) is that the film is trying way too hard to be quirky. Its not bad, but there are these small turns and asides (Joe Namath's picture during a sex scene) that didn't really need to be there. I'm sure they were in the novel, but at the same time in the real world of the film they come across as out of place. Worth a look, probably on cable.
M. George Stevenson
According to the above synopsis, this "indie" pic derived from one of the most vivid and persuasive first novels of the last 25 years or so has changed the main characters essential dilemma, which was not choosing between two girls while the romantically self-destructive Cleveland hovered on the edges before bringing things to a head, but figuring out if his close friendship with Cleveland's gay friend Arthur (Art/Arthur, get it?) was sexual attraction or merely bromance. "Jane Bellwether"! Why not call her "Schwing Bothways" or "Girlgirl Akshun"-- they're much more evocative names. What were Peter Sarsgaard and Mena Suvari thinking?
