Someone must have thought this would be a good idea for a movie. What is going through the head of that guy wandering down the street? Why is that guy sleeping on the street? Who lives in those rent by the day city hotels? ...But it wasn't.
Keane goes on and on with the aimless wandering and mumbling of a supposed street schizo. Sound exciting? If you said no, that's right. The film never answers where this guy came from, so you never get to decide whether to have empathy for him or not.
Writing. I'd say the film never goes anywhere. There no ups or downs, just an even keeled annoying 'maybe I'm mental' chain of events. The only possible suspense is whether Keane's turmoil is based on real or imagine events, but that is never resolved.
Acting. The lead did a good job with what material he had. He is a convincing street schizo. It was nice to see a couple of quality actors from HBO series on the big screen from The Wire and Six Feet Under, but no real meat on their parts to take them beyond 'I know that actor from somewhere'
Luckily, you only have to sit through this film for 93 minutes and you're done. Whew.
Keane goes on and on with the aimless wandering and mumbling of a supposed street schizo. Sound exciting? If you said no, that's right. The film never answers where this guy came from, so you never get to decide whether to have empathy for him or not.
Writing. I'd say the film never goes anywhere. There no ups or downs, just an even keeled annoying 'maybe I'm mental' chain of events. The only possible suspense is whether Keane's turmoil is based on real or imagine events, but that is never resolved.
Acting. The lead did a good job with what material he had. He is a convincing street schizo. It was nice to see a couple of quality actors from HBO series on the big screen from The Wire and Six Feet Under, but no real meat on their parts to take them beyond 'I know that actor from somewhere'
Luckily, you only have to sit through this film for 93 minutes and you're done. Whew.