Review of Synecdoche, New York (2008) by Jim S — 21 Jun 2012
It must be good, because I can't decide how much I hate it, or how much I like it, or if it is too clever-clever and depressing and self-indulgent and obscure but also obvious, or just clever. There's just lots and lots going on.
.. dreamy, unhinged, worrying. A good film for people who get real life and virtual lives too closely connected, for obsessive bloggers and diarists, for fans of Being John Malkovich and Sunshine of the Eternal Mind who want to see the Kafkaesque version.
I found the first hour depressing and boring, but as the spirals of self-reference built up, and as I got more and more confused by the dopplegangers and questions of who was representing who was representing who.
.. I liked it more and more. Definitely one for intellectual chat and analysis, if you have the energy, OR for absorbing "the point", whatever that really is, without thinking too hard. Or both.
This review of Synecdoche, New York (2008) was written by Jim S on 21 Jun 2012.
Synecdoche, New York has generally received positive reviews.
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