Review of Knight of Cups (2015) by Kevin M. W — 19 Jan 2016

Malick throws up a tale of disillusionment and disconnection and ultimately succeeds in disillusioning, disconnecting the viewer. Filmed using practically every popular L.A. shooting locale (every friggen one!) and using nothing but a shoulder level fish eye lens (were there no other cameras in Los Angeles, film capital of the world?), characters wander about in and out of scenes, sometimes looking at one another but mostly gazing into the distance pensively.

"Oh look, there's a face I recognize, a movie star. Who is it?" But they're already gone, their character's point in this festival of mumbled whispering as lost as you are no doubt apt to be.