This director has done some interesting movies but they all have a bit of boredom in them. With this flick, Aster drives a car so slow, he drives it Into the ditch. Phoenix is a fine actor but he needs material that is worthy of his skills. This is the case with this effort. It is too slow. Too measured. Too flat to excite, even in the smallest increments. I could only watch minutes at a time and returned to it several times to completion. It felt like a chore.
This is not entertainment. It is revelatory. It is not profound. It is an indulgent exercise in tedium. The fine actors in this movie deserve better. And they should've known better before committing to this snooze fest.
This is not entertainment. It is revelatory. It is not profound. It is an indulgent exercise in tedium. The fine actors in this movie deserve better. And they should've known better before committing to this snooze fest.