Review of Brief Interviews with Hideous Men (2009) by Kyle G — 22 May 2012
Amazing adaptation of Wallace's tender and brilliant words. I can't think of a more challenging, fun, crazy source material -- or one that's so eminently ready for translation into film. Though it sometimes slips into wonky abstraction, with static-seeming sociologizing and erratic what-women-want musings, the core of this movie has a cool, low-key charm and a creative fervor.
It blends thoughtful drama and exciting comedy in a patient, always quirky way. There are reverent scenes within scenes, narrative on top of drama on top of narrative, all amounting to a blithely provocative but endlessly interesting stew of questions and ideas.
This review of Brief Interviews with Hideous Men (2009) was written by Kyle G on 22 May 2012.
Brief Interviews with Hideous Men has generally received mixed reviews.
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