Owing to its ambition, failure at the box office, and overall uniqueness, it's the kind of movie that I want to shout out as an underrated minor classic... but I don't feel it is.
I think it's an absolute mess of a film. It made me surprisingly uncomfortable in parts, and it never seemed to find a tone, which kept me out of the movie and unengaged, as well as confused. The songs are silly and jarring and the storyline is bleak, and it just never really worked for me. The music sequences were probably meant to feel like fantasy/ dream sequences, but it didn't really click for me.
I didn't enjoy the music itself either, and never felt at ease with the way all the songs were old, similar sounding, and oddly lip synced. If it inspired the way Dancer in the Dark had all its musical numbers as dream sequences then that might be some silver lining I suppose...
It is very well shot- I'll give it that. I always enjoy the look of a film that manages to capture the Depression the way this one does. And Christopher Walken can dance- I'll also give the film that.
But overall, I'm sad to say I kind of hated it. Glad there are so many users here that vibed with it, but I'm afraid I can't include myself in that club.
I think it's an absolute mess of a film. It made me surprisingly uncomfortable in parts, and it never seemed to find a tone, which kept me out of the movie and unengaged, as well as confused. The songs are silly and jarring and the storyline is bleak, and it just never really worked for me. The music sequences were probably meant to feel like fantasy/ dream sequences, but it didn't really click for me.
I didn't enjoy the music itself either, and never felt at ease with the way all the songs were old, similar sounding, and oddly lip synced. If it inspired the way Dancer in the Dark had all its musical numbers as dream sequences then that might be some silver lining I suppose...
It is very well shot- I'll give it that. I always enjoy the look of a film that manages to capture the Depression the way this one does. And Christopher Walken can dance- I'll also give the film that.
But overall, I'm sad to say I kind of hated it. Glad there are so many users here that vibed with it, but I'm afraid I can't include myself in that club.