Review of Storytelling (2001) by Tibor B — 01 May 2009

"Once you start writing, it all becomes ficion." Another blacker-than-black comedy from Todd Solondz, with a shocking ending that is both genuinely sad and horribly funny at the same time. It's this balance that Solondz excelled at in Happiness, and though this is neither quite as excessive or successful as that film, Storytelling still deftly juggles a group of mostly unlikeable characters but finds pathos in their various downfalls.

The fiction section, much shorter than the non-fiction part, is arguably more successful in separating lies and truth and features an excellent performance from Selma Blair. Unique filmmaking, as always.