Review of Motivational Growth (2013) by Martin C — 25 Oct 2013

Embarking on a self-imposed exile in a two bedroom flat is clearly not a good idea. After months of virtual isolation the main character's grip on what is real is incredibly tenuous, and when his TV packs in, ending his daily date of cheap, formulaic programming things unravel very quickly.

Weird is probably the best way to summarise this film - sharing a similar sense of only a flimsy grasp on reality as was last seen in The Naked Lunch. Only instead of the talking typewriter, you get a guru like creation of The Mold, wonderfully voiced by Jeffrey Combs.

On what is clearly a very limited budget the writer and director (Don Thacker) does show he has plenty of imagination. While certain elements of the film don't quite work, you do get the chance to see the best buddy Mold feature ever made.