Review of Synecdoche, New York (2008) by Gabriel P — 22 Jan 2012
This may be truly exempt from rating. It's not so much a film made to be judged, but a complex, lasting (and I mean that) reminder of why humans go to the cinema, and rent or buy DVDs. The most aggressively engaging film you're likely to see, and the astoundingly observant connectivity it mercilessly expels will linger long after viewing; the first movie, perhaps ever, to truly sit the viewer down and force them to worry about anything and everything.
A film that will make you more scared of life than death. It sounds terrifying, and it is; those that suggest Synecdoche is 'funny' at the same time as heartbreaking are refusing to open up to the film's furiously exhaustive emotional spectrum.
Bleak, frightening and despairing, it is perfectly understandable that some do not warm to its blue-tinted inaccessibility, but to those who are more willing, a film may not ever have similar resonance with everything you've ever done, and anything you'll ever do.
This review of Synecdoche, New York (2008) was written by Gabriel P on 22 Jan 2012.
Synecdoche, New York has generally received positive reviews.
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