Review of Tangerine (2015) by Savvy — 23 Jul 2015
Amateurish: acting, editing, photography. There is no lighting design. The 1st 45 minutes are PUNISHING: stilted dialogue (esp. in street scenes), blown out shots (shooting into sun or bright windows), unintentional jump cuts, omg .
.. like a highschool film student's first try. Eventually ... w-a-y into the film, bit start to fall together and you feel a bit for the hapless hookers. THEN the lead attacks other street-person, drags her about for a few hours, slapping her and punching her face into bars and walls when she tries to get away (this, I guess is "funny" street justice? Both leads and their john trash another persons life in ending climax .
.. and all think it's amusing. I lost my smidgeon of empathy about then. Yes, its a side of life we arthouse folk don't often see: blowjobs in carwashes, trans folk dissing each other at every turn (everyone they pass is a "hateful **** BUT I don NOT get the stellar, 'heartfelt' reviews.
I'm pro LGBT. But this movie is just hokey craftwise and MEAN character wise and uneven storywise. It's LESS than mediocre, with a few bright moments.
This review of Tangerine (2015) was written by Savvy on 23 Jul 2015.
Tangerine has generally received very positive reviews.
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