Review of The Comedy (2012) by Ocram I — 31 Jan 2013
Despite the engaging conversation that followed watching The Comedy, I can't recommend the viewing experience itself. It was a mess of episodic garbage. There's nothing profound here. Just a meandering series of meaningless art shots without so much as a narrative to hold it together.
It's an unrehearsed assemblage of raw improv, ineptly disguised as a character study. The movie is so lacking in substance that the film itself echoes the vapid and pointless existence of the slacker culture it profiles.
The effect is so striking that one is forced to wonder if the filmmakers are being secretly satirical. If there's any comedy to be found in this title, it's in the fact that this official Sundance selection appears to mock the indie film culture it spawned from.
The Comedy wears its festival laurels like a hipster wears a fedora. It is jaunty, sarcastic and insincere. The joke, I think, is on anyone who sees profundity when there is clearly none at all.
This review of The Comedy (2012) was written by Ocram I on 31 Jan 2013.
The Comedy has generally received mixed reviews.
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