Wrong
2013 Directed by Quentin Dupieux
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Dolph Springer wakes up one morning to realize he has lost the love of his life, his dog, Paul. During his quest to get Paul (and his life) back, Dolph radically changes the lives of others -- risking his sanity all the while.
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I wanted to enjoy this, but it still managed to disappoint to a mild degree. I was never offended like I was with Rubber. You could dissect all the developments that occur, but the invitation isn't very enticing. It's a good looking movie with an interesting face on its protagonist, it's just stuck in a kind of stalemate in progression. Scenes move along at a perplexing pace, drawing me in with weirdness until it begins stretching my patience. I think Quentin Dupieux has some interesting ideas but like recent weirdfests The Comedy and even Holy Motors, the sum of the parts didn't coalesce well in the end for me. William Fichtner was quite inspired though. His line about acid melting his face, which is revealed in the trailer, is an ingenious bit of delivery and I wanted more of him. I enjoyed the trailer more than the film.
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I like Quentin Dupieux. His widely unseen debut Nonfilm was a very intriguing low-budget experiment that shows talent and unbounded imagination. His film Rubber which bitterly divided audiences was one I found hilarious and a little too self-aware for its own good, but still fun to watch.
Wrong is his worst film yet. It plods along in its own surrealistic fantasy, but Dupieux is not involved deeply enough in this world for it to feel comfortable or enjoyable. The actors are good and the dialogue is well-written, and there are some fantastically awkward moments of pure madness, but certainly not enough of them. Much of the film is painfully slow and it seems more like an experiment to satisfy Dupieux…
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For my money, Quentin Dupieux's "Wrong" just does about everything exactly right. A perfect piece of absurd surrealism that deconstructs how we handle everyday tribulations along with our social interactions shared between gardeners, neighbors, co-workers, and pizza employees. A fantastic journey through the strange and random that provides the audience with memorable comedic performances and visceral, fun-house imagery that will forever be remembered.
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A real improvement on Rubber in anyway. Where that film was trying as hard as possible to be weird, this effortlessly succeeds at just being pure weird. It's maybe nothing more than that, but it's a hard thing to nail down well, and this film does it perfectly.
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There's only one David Lynch, buddy.
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Interesting stylistically, but was expecting a little more from it cognitively. A lot of fun surrealist moments and non-sequitors but when it boils down to it, it's a film about a man who has his dog kidnapped from him and tries to find him. The protagonist, Dolph, is very passive as a main character and relies on the detective and Master Chang to get his dog back for him. I wish more events would have added up and more fun mind games to play with than what the script offers to its audience.
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You'll just have to see it for yourself.
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Sorry, i really should have liked this knee-deep wade into angular Fronch quirk, but i had to turn off after about 45mins.
Maybe i was too tired, but it was aggravating me.
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Sure, this film was pretty much hated by everyone; but, after getting stoked by the completely ridiculous trailer I tried to ignore the reviews and give this film a chance. I couldn't be more glad I did. This is obviously not for everyone, but me, enjoying the incredibly absurd and dry humour of this, would wholeheartedly recommend this to anyone who enjoyed the trailer. Everyone else should really keep away from this.
This should get extra points for getting the best pizza franchise name ever: Jesus Organic Pizza.
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This is an odd movie. That's why it's fucking awesome. There is no reason.
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Si aconsegueixes superar la fase, del tot comprensible, en què creus estar davant de l'enèssim producte paràsit de Lynch i companyia, descobriràs que en realitat és més intel·ligent i divertida del què et pensaves. La pista, és que està dirigida per Quentin Dupieux, director de la sorprenent Rubber, i que hi surt el meravellós Steve Little de Eastbound & Down, una pista més de les BONES i clarividents intensions de Quentin Dupieux.
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Delightfully absurd although lacking tempo.
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The basis of humor is the subversion of expectations. By definition this is a very humorous movie. The narrative does its best to take everything set up and then turn it in a completely unforeseen direction, and it succeeds. It drags a bit in the middle, and the weirdness can wear on you, but all in all, it is a unique experience and nice to see something fresh in this era of uniformity.
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7:60