This movie was certainly under the radar. I found it from a recommendation from Netflix. I'm not much of a Norman Reedus fan but he was great in this movie. After I watched it, I watched boondock saints. My only gripe. Sutherland was great but i didn't like how his voice was sometimes gravely and sometimes normal. I just can't believe how there are almost no posts for this movie
shareI think the movie was aiming for "pretentious" but only got as far as "dumb as dirt". Almost everything that might have gone right with the movie went wrong: Kiefer is utterly horrible as William S. Burroughs, with (as you mention) a wavering vocal impersonation that - even when most "on" - is not evocative of Burrough's rich and ironic delivery. The characters have none of the energy that the "Beats" had, with a plodding and meandering narrative full of breathy (and artificially witty) little sequences between characters that leave a viewer wondering what could possibly have attracted anyone to such a dreary scene in the 50s. Not as bad as being kicked in the head by a talking mule, but not as good as watching paramecium under a microscope. Really terrible...
shareI'm watching it now and, though I don't think it's terrible, I do find it disappointing, annoying and inaccurate. Not Kiefer's best work, but the rest are adequate-going-on-good; and Courtney Love is surprisingly good! On the other hand, I just don't care for Norman Reedus as an actor - there's something very off-putting about him.
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