Review of Paterson (2016) by Thewaffle — 31 Mar 2017
Alfred Hitchcock once said "what is drama but life with the dull bits cut out." Paterson is life with all the interesting bits cut out. This could have made a great short at 5 minutes or a decent film essay about mundanity at 20 minutes, but at 118 minutes this movie is like watching glaciers melt.
If Paterson achieves anything, it will make you remember why people love Hollywood blockbusters. Life is boring enough without taking two hours to watch a boring bus driver write boring poetry in a boring place.
This is a film that only a critic could love.
This review of Paterson (2016) was written by Thewaffle on 31 Mar 2017.
Paterson has generally received very positive reviews.
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