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Information
- Year
- 2008
- Runtime
- 92 min.
- Director
- Clark Gregg
- Genres
- Drama, Comedy
- Rating *
- 6.5
- Votes *
- 21,270
- Checks
- 2,446
- Favs
- 73
- Dislikes
- 54
- Favs/checks
- 3.0% (1:34)
- Favs/dislikes
- 1:1
Top comments
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Siskoid
The Chuck Palahniuk novel that became a Sam Rockwell movie. I had a couple problems with it, though mostly because I'd read the book. For one, while there are notable differences, it was just too much like the book. Maybe I shouldn't have expected Fight Club's innovative additions from a small indie movie, that's my fault, and the more I think about it, the better the movie gets. My other peeve doesn't go away so easily, and that's the casting of Kelly MacDonald as Paige. I don't quite buy her in the role, and I think it's down to performance. But then, there's a lot of apathetic performance in this movie, but that's because it - like the book - is in large part about finding one's identity, rather than being what others expect you to be. That barrier between a character's true self and the image they project is what prevents us from connecting with them at times. This gets better on a second viewing though. 7 years 3 months ago -
pleszroland
its not hard to find chuck palahniuks work in this novie, my first reaction was DAFUQ did i jus saw? crazy crazy movie, i have mixed feelings about it (it has definitly somethung in common with chuck palahniuks other book, fight club). but i would regret if i haven seen this
imo fight club was a better movie then book, this might be the exect opposite
6,5/10 10 years 2 months ago -
dombrewer
Very nearly a decent movie that stumbles about unconvincingly during the first half with an inconsistent tone and black comedy which doesn't always land, but I'm glad I persevered as it gets better as it finds its focus. Sam Rockwell is always worth watching... he's great, as is Angelica Huston, and their scenes together are brilliant. It does finally have something worthwhile to say, it just takes a very circuitous, sometimes crass route getting there. 11 years 4 months ago