So what did I think of the film? Well, I'll start with the cons. To start, I know the characters in the film are designed to be un-likable, but honestly the characters are just such huge a-holes that I really had trouble looking past it. I'll put it this way, this film is made for another social group that isn't mine, AKA non-introverts. I just had a harder time identifying in that regard. To get an idea of it, think Wolf of Wallstreet, except rarely funny. There are funny moments, but not many. That's really my only major drawback to this film. The only other setbacks would be that there are some annoying characters, and the early 2000's feel that I mentioned before borders on irritating.
What this film DOES bring, however, is a very cleverly written film about greed, the nature of greed, and if it is actually what we think it is. I don't want to get into too much about the themes of the film, but this film actually says some extremely interesting things through metaphor. If you go and watch this film, pay attention to the similarities in dialogue through the film, and you will see some cool ideas conveyed. Man, I wish I could talk about what I interpreted, but that would be spoilery.
Overall I definitely recommend this film to everyone except to people who will have a hard time getting over the annoying a-hole-ness of 90% of the cast. I was able to get over it, but introverts like myself who are not film geeks may not be able to take it.
Thanks for reading my stuff guys, it's really cool to be back and be able to sorta have a voice again. If you guys wanna see what I call the “List of Bias,” click HERE and look to the right. It's exactly what it seems, a list of my favorite films that I have reviewed. It's a place where I can just organize my opinions and just leave my voice out there. No film is necessarily better over the others, It's just, well, my bias!
-Dan from Dplante Films
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