Review of Southland Tales (2007) by Grant S — 09 Apr 2009
I think the producers' idea with this movie was that if you have an artsy sci fi basic plot, add a well known director in Richard Kelly and add in a host of recognisable actors, people will flock to see your movie. Whether people were actually sucked in by this and went and saw it in theatres, I don't know, but I just saw it on cable and it sure did suck, big time.
The plot, if you can call it that, is random at best and generally quite boring and pretentious.
The actors are mostly 80s/90s has-beens, eg Christopher Lambert, John Larroquette, or B-grade idols of teens, eg Justin Timberlake, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, Seann William Scott, Sarah Michelle Gellar.
And then, the crowning glory - the movie is 2 hrs 24 minutes long! No marks for editing either.
Only thing preventing this from being a 1/2-star movie is the Justin Timberlake dream sequence in the middle, involving JT lip-synching The Killers' "All these things that I've done", with an army of nurses. Very cool.
This review of Southland Tales (2007) was written by Grant S on 09 Apr 2009.
Southland Tales has generally received mixed reviews.
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