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Wise Jake

possibly Cassavetes' best. highly recommended

14 years 2 months ago

si_reid

Loved it! Couldn't take my eyes off the screen for a minute.

10 years 6 months ago

How can something be boring if you find it 'actually very good'?
I can see how one man's gold can be another man's garbage, but if you find something good enough to enjoy it, I fail to consider it even slightly boring.

11 years 8 months ago

jacktrewin

love the naturalism of the performances and the handheld zoomy photography style. the shot composition was delightful and so much up close and personal.
feels like an atmospheric and intimate slice of life, with momentum in its plot and a sense of mystery in its direction.

1 year 6 months ago

MrE2Me

I appear to be in the minority here, but I felt this was not only interminably (and unnecessarily) long but that it also came across as embarrassingly amateurish at times. I've seen 4 of Cassavetes' films and, while I appreciate why he's considered important and influential, his technique is clearly not my cup of tea. Still, this is the first one I truly disliked. The god-awful, self-indulgent strip show segments were painful to endure (no wonder the dude's business is struggling!), and his approach to "realism" is ill-suited for the crime/thriller genre, rendering the action confusing and the dialog (ironically) unnatural and muffled. I didn't buy any of it and couldn't wait for it to end. Clearly I'm missing something with this one...

1 day 18 hours ago