Review of The Trouble with Bliss (2011) by Carolyn C — 23 Mar 2012
The Trouble with Bliss, the new dramedy directed by Michael Knowles and starring Michael C. Hall, is a rare motion picture. It is rare because it doesn't manipulate, it doesn't tell you how to feel or what to feel. It is a belated coming of age story but it is not the kind that hits you over the head. It's subtler than that, indeed, it is stripped bare. And it is this bareness, this unadorned aesthetic, that makes The Trouble with Bliss a gem. It is a sincere and endearing modern tale about a man named Morris Bliss (played by Michael C. Hall) who feels stuck in his life and wants to become unstuck.
Watching The Trouble with Bliss made me feel like everything-- even my most wild imaginings-- is somehow possible. That I just need to be brave. And in this film, Morris Bliss showed me how.
Carolyn Corbett, Experimental Filmmaker, Editor.
This review of The Trouble with Bliss (2011) was written by Carolyn C on 23 Mar 2012.
The Trouble with Bliss has generally received mixed reviews.
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