Review of Southland Tales (2007) by Michael G — 14 Jun 2009

If the re-release/director's cut of Donnie Darko didn't convince you that Richard Kelly was a flash in the pan, Southland Tales should seal the argument. I will give Kelly that he put together a fine soundtrack and the grandiose and truly random casting was almost.

.. inspired at a few points (hell, a few of the actors even did good jobs) but that same randomness (the Killers video with Justin Timberlake for instance) along with the tidal wave of half-baked and unresolved concepts were Southland Tales' downfall.

If about 45 minutes were shaved off and a third of the nonsense was dropped this could've been a great movie. Instead it was about 2 1/2 disjointed hours of my I'd really like back...