Review of Idiots and Angels (2008) by David Ray G — 19 Dec 2009
This truly was a masterpiece. You know how sometimes you watch a movie and you're not sitting in the chair of your desk, your eyes are not on your computer screen, but you are actually IN the movie? Taking part in everything that is happening? Well, this is what will happen with this film as well.
Idiots And Angels is the most perfect title they could have come up with. The protagonist of this film is an idiot himself - his daily routine has taken away all pleasure from his life and he's nothing but an android, driving to work, returning, shouting from inside his car, laughing at the humiliation of others, drinking at a god-forsaken bar. And then something happens. He grows wings. And even though it takes him a while to understand how to treat his "difference", he finally distances himself from the avarice of humanity, and he becomes just...human, more than anything.
Bill Plympton didn't use many things to make this film - just a brilliant concept, and the most simplistic one. A film that deals with the most common weaknesses: money, fame, envy, pride. And yet, as this film proves there will always be something to balance with all that's unjust.
This review of Idiots and Angels (2008) was written by David Ray G on 19 Dec 2009.
Idiots and Angels has generally received positive reviews.
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