Favorite films
Don’t forget to select your favorite films!
Don’t forget to select your favorite films!
It's not an easy story to bring to film, and I can't say whether someone who has neither read the book nor otherwise become a Philip Dick fan would understand what's going on. But I have read it, and I am a Philip Dick fan, and I enjoyed the film. The acting for the most part is properly understated, letting the circumstances carry the craziness. I don't think Alanis Morissette is as good here as she was as a silent God in "Dogma," and her classic Canadian "sorry" spoils the emotion of a pivotal scene (it's hard not to laugh out loud).
"Hollidaysburg" is exactly the train wreck you'd expect when a first-time director with final cut tries to weave a cliched message -- you can't go home again -- through a script for a light farce/rom-com. I suspect the original script was mediocre, but director Ann Martemucci's rewritten script is terrible as it swings between the deep meaning she wants to convey and the few funny moments she felt compelled to keep. The tone is inconsistent, and the script is chock-full…