Review of Sweet Movie (1974) by Adam P — 28 Nov 2007

This carnivalesque shocker is noteworthy for its equally vicious attack on bourgeois AND communist philosophies, depicting both as hedonistic deathtraps rooted in a warped sense of morality, out to organize society but only succeeding in corrupting the truly innocent. Makavejev's surrealist imagery works better when kept merely metaphoric; far too often the film insists on obvious hem-naming (a capitalist named Mr. Money, anyone?) and heavy-handed politics. A little more subtlety and subtext could've made more of an intelligent argument out of what instead becomes an often obnoxious rant.

Still, if you're one of those people who watched Killer Klowns from Outer Space and thought, "Gee, I'd really like to see Officer Mooney's penis with gold paint on it" (and who wasn't?), this is your flick.