Review of Hurlyburly (1998) by Alex S — 05 Nov 2009

A film about a certain group/class of people with the emphasis on penn and how he deals with the meaninglessness of it all. through the aforementioned we also see how others deal with the same thing, but to a lesser extent. the problem here is that all the splendid dialogue and acting can never build to any solid peak- ultimately because of the question that you're tackling, there is nowhere to go and unfortunately the end result is that one can see every life as a waste as a result, and thus the film can also be put into the same box. however, much credit this deserves for having the balls to at least to face this subject, and in the end it doesn't matter to which group or class you live in, we all face this question in life and so far any answers we have come to are individual, subjective, flawed and pretty meaningless.

The other conclusion one can make is that we try to get our feelings validated in life and this film shows us how this particular group loses out on the ability and availability of this validity... or love.

An interesting and rare type of film with incredible acting.