Uninteresting


I was surprised by this movie. I expected to like it, but I found it painful to sit through. I found Carradine's and Larroquette's characters to be understandable, but none of the others were vaguely interesting to me. Women with relationship problems, alcoholism, and generally emotionally-stunted people don't do it for me.

I was left with the feeling that the movie was chopped up and rushed.

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Ya know, i understand your opinion, but i really enjoyed the movie for all the reasons you give! It was disjointed, with all emotionally-diseased characters, but i found it very interesting.
My ladyfriend and i were supposed to leave the house at a certain time, but were 1/2 hour late because this movie was like a book we just couldn't put down! Keith Carradine is always such a weird character.

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I have found that with alot of Alan Rudolph's films, you have to be in the right zone, o a certain kind of mood, a frame of mind to enjoy them fully. They can be boring and even rather painful to sit through if your mind's not in the place to absorb all the dialogue. He learned from Altman. I believe he also learned from Hitchcock! You take a film like "Remember My Name" or "Trouble in Mind" and the one we're speaking of. They have questions that the audience must answer by actually paying close attention to the film. And, sometimes you will find that even tho you search for the answer, you can't find it. He's a frustrating director.. Sometimes the elusive answers we look for are phantoms. He writes all his own films. He has never really become a mainstream director. His films have a clandestine following. His films are terrific shown back to back in a theater on a hot summer night. I love marathons

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I found it engaging at first, but after the first few minutes it began to seem stagey and cliched in its repartee, and I found myself becoming restless and bored.

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I just loved it. I agree you might have to be in a certain frame of mind to enjoy it and it's probably not for everyone..

Maybe it's because Keith Carradine fascinates me, and I enjoyed the quirkiness of the whole cast, in any case I really like this film a lot.

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