Review of Down in the Valley (2005) by Drew S — 28 Mar 2008
I'm having trouble thinking of anything I want to say about this movie. I'll give it a shot tomorrow.
TOMORROW: ...Nope. Still nothing. The movie was more interesting than this - why can't I formulate anything to say about it? I guess Edward Norton is pretty damn good as always but why are his characters always so violent? Also, I didn't know Evan Rachel Wood could act. I thought she was just kind of floating around Hollywood, being pretty.
Shady ending - especially the last minute or so. As everyone has said, it starts off stronger than it finishes. Norton really sells that love junk in the first act; it's treacle so thick that it could only come from a knight of the Ol' West, and the fact that he can make it work says something about his performance on several levels. You'd know what I mean if you saw it.
I think we need more movies like this - interesting genre-bending explorations of mental illness - but it would help if they were better.
This review of Down in the Valley (2005) was written by Drew S on 28 Mar 2008.
Down in the Valley has generally received positive reviews.
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